English Explanatory Dictionary

wad hook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm

Word forms

wad hook wad hooks wad-hook wadhook

Synonyms

spiral worm gun worm packing worm wad coil

Related words

cleaning rod
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