Scad
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skad/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scad is a noun meaning Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
Meaning
Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
More Meanings
- (chiefly in the plural, informal, Canada, US) A large number or quantity.
Example Sentences
scads of money
it will surely rust, take on a loud of stains and pits, acquire a scad of dust.
You take temporary employment for office employees and there are a whole scad of people doing that and nothing else.
Galleries everywhere are awash in these brand-name reductivist canvases, […], mimicking a set of preapproved influences. (It’s also a global presence: I saw scads of it in Berlin a few weeks back, and art fairs are inundated.)
Word Forms
- scads
Synonyms for scad
Depending on context, synonyms include abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dozens, heaps, lashings, loads, oodles, piles.
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