wad
noun
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
wadded
-
past participleof wad.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof wad.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wadnouna small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The crowd was further energized by the presence of longtime Count Basie drummer Jo Jones—sitting near the stage, keeping time with a wadded up Christian Science Monitor newspaper—and even more so by Elaine Anderson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“My color man took all the press notes, wadded them up and hit the tarantula like swinging a bat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
In recent years, the northern end of Post Alley has become a circus funhouse of wadded, spittle-hardened goo.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
During a sleepover that October, a group of Holy Child students took wadded up newspaper pages and stuck them in the chain-link fence on Linden Lane, spelling out “SURRENDER DOROTHY.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
All at once she pulled it off, wadded it all up and tucked it under her arm.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
