scad

[ skad ]

/ skæd /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) scad, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) scads.

any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.

any of several related carangid fishes, as of the genera Trachurus or Selar.

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Words related to scad

oodles, lots, jillion, plenty, heaps, piles, bags, tons, gobs, bunches, loads

Words nearby scad

scabious, scabland, scablands, scabrid, scabrous, scad, scads, scaevola, scafell pike, scaffold, scaffold nail

Origin of scad

First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain

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Examples from the Web for scads

He jist shoved them scads what hed been given him careless-like down inter his coat pocket, an' faced Mister Manager.
Beth Norvell|Randall Parrish
Of course we always got scads of these too, but this was a very normal thing.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Now, scads are of small value, and yet Dick got them all, and Hugh all the mackerel.
Cornish Saints and Sinners|J. Henry Harris
Oh, heaps of them—scores—dead oodles and scads of 'em, as we girls say.
Recollections of a Varied Life|George Cary Eggleston

You'll find a buckskin purse, with some scads in it, in the bag.
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British Dictionary definitions for scads (1 of 2)

scads

/ (skædz) /

pl n

informal a large amount or number

Word Origin for scads

C19: of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for scads (2 of 2)

scad

/ (skæd) /

noun plural scad or scads

any of various carangid fishes of the genus Trachurus, esp the horse mackerel

Word Origin for scad

C17: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish skädde flounder

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