Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who pads or cushions.
  • noun A highway robber; a footpad.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, pads.
  • noun obsolete A highwayman; a footpad.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of pad; one who pads.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a highwayman who robs on foot

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Examples

  • Looking out for small bushy tails, and listening for the soft pidder padder of feet, I have to be watchful for coyotes and lethal rattlers.

    New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009

  • Looking out for small bushy tails, and listening for the soft pidder padder of feet, I have to be watchful for coyotes and lethal rattlers.

    New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009

  • In other words, she's a resume-padder, an exaggerator, a lier.

    Obama Memo: "No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed `Commander-In-Chief Test'" 2009

  • Adding to his controversial standing, Anger is also, frankly, a self-mytholgizer and resume padder.

    GreenCine Daily: DVDs, 1/24. 2007

  • They do make a good point regarding the vetting issue though - Everybody agrees that Sen. Clinton was using the NY Senate seat as a resume padder/stepping stone for her own eventual Presidential run.

    Bill: Hillary Would Be "Great At Being Secretary Of State" 2009

  • Brown - Former Arabian-horse honcho and resume padder sent packing.

    Conventional Wisdom 2008

  • Goofing off on a holiday weekend for me means gardening (two blisters worth of digging), starting a new pastel for my primate series (a "cheek padder" adult male orangutan), pigging out on high-end junk food (Vietnamese fried calamari, creme brulee, and $8 martinis from Whitehouse-Crawford, the swankiest place in town), and then burning off the calories on a couple of marathon dog walks.

    Easter Weekend Field Notes 2007

  • Goofing off on a holiday weekend for me means gardening (two blisters worth of digging), starting a new pastel for my primate series (a "cheek padder" adult male orangutan), pigging out on high-end junk food (Vietnamese fried calamari, creme brulee, and $8 martinis from Whitehouse-Crawford, the swankiest place in town), and then burning off the calories on a couple of marathon dog walks.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Field Notes 2007

  • Here's my second attempt at a pastel - an adult male 'cheek padder' orangutan.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Field Notes 2007

  • Here's my second attempt at a pastel - an adult male 'cheek padder' orangutan.

    Orangutan Pastel Field Notes 2007

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