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wadding

[wod-ing] / ˈwɒd ɪŋ /




NOUN
packing
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NOUN
padding
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NOUN
stuffing
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The next day I woke up and I thought” — he mimes wadding up a piece of paper and tossing it away — ‘That’s never going to happen.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

It is a pastime that requires next-level commitment, though, as Ioan often spends days deep underground at a time, digging passages, or wadding through partially submerged caves.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023

Composed of salvaged vintage linen or dupioni silk and stuffed with mattresslike wadding and sometimes pieces of wood for stability, they only look hard; in reality, they’re soft, even slightly yielding.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The first idea that sounds good to me is mentally wadding up and throwing away any labels for your emotional self.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021

The covering of them was torn and filthy and the wadding stuck out of the holes, grey and sodden.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck