wadding

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒdɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒdɪŋ

From wad + -ing (“material, collection”).

wadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)

1. Wads collectively.
2. Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 13:

     She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.

wadding

1. present participle and gerund of wad

• dingwad