shoot one's wad
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Well, I guess I have about "shot my wad," and had better "cork up," or I might find my way to the waste-basket."
- "There, I have shot my wad. I have told you in a few words what we have done, and you, my brothers, are now standing just where we were 25 years ago."
- ""You're not pregnant again?" he inquired chattily. "God, no. Fritzie shot his wad." "Quite a wad," Mark approved."
- "Negotiations between United Airlines and striking pilots broke off yesterday after the two sides . . . became deadlocked over back-to-work provisions. . . . Ralph Colliander, a board mediator, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying: "We have shot our wad. You get burnt up once in a while.""
- "When the old hair falls out, new hair begins to replace it, and the cycle starts again, though not for Harry, who says his follicles have shot their wad."
- "I have a special fondness for all late summer bloomers since so many gardens, and all the fancy perennial gardens, have shot their wad by then."