Wad vs Bindle - What's the difference?
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As a verb wad is third person singular of. As a noun bindle is any given length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something or bindle can be a bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll .
wad Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
An amorphous, compact mass.
- Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
- With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
(slang) A sandwich.
(vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Derived terms
* (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wad
See also
* (Wad)
Verb
( wadd)
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
(Ulster) To wager.
To insert or force a wad into.
- to wad a gun
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
- to wad a cloak
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bindle English
Etymology 1
,[“ ]?bindle¹]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 and bundle.
Noun
Etymology 2
Probably a corruption of bundle; perhaps influenced by bindle.[“ ]bindle²]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989
Noun
( en noun)
A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.- lastly he made a bindle in a plastic tarp of some cans of juice and cans of fruit and cans of vegetables…
Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.Synonyms
* (bag of possessions)
* (bundle containing narcotics) baggie, baggy, deck
Hypernyms
* bag, sack
Derived terms
* bindlestiff
* bindleman
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