Wadder
/ˈwædə(ɹ)/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A manufacturer of wadding.
"The evidence shows that most of the meetings attended by the wadding manufacturers were meetings of the Canadian Quilting Manufacturers Association. The wadders had but a few meetings of their own […]"
- 2 Pronunciation spelling of water alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
Verb
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of water alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Example
More examples"The evidence shows that most of the meetings attended by the wadding manufacturers were meetings of the Canadian Quilting Manufacturers Association. The wadders had but a few meetings of their own […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From wad + -er.
Etymology 2
Represents dialects with t- and d-flapping, where the phonemes /t/ and /d/ merge into [ɾ] in some positions.