scads

British

/ skædz /

plural noun

informal a large amount or number

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Etymology

Origin of scads

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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Hybrid MAX models enjoy full-time AWD and scads of horsepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Sasaki, 23, is beginning to feel comfortable in Chavez Ravine and with the heat that comes with choosing the Dodgers among scads of suitors when he left his native Japan in January.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

But while FinTok and MoneyTok content has exploded in recent years, there are scads of videos giving inaccurate or misleading financial advice.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

They were united in fury, raising scads of cash—and, really, it doesn’t get better than that.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2024

Regardless of whether the engineers conducted a test in a wind tunnel or in free flight, the output was the same: torrents, scads, bundles, reams, masses, mounds, jumbles, piles, and goo-gobs of numbers.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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