scad
Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western AtlanticAny of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
» Gina's sheer coldness attracted scads of men with low self-esteem.
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2 sensesAny of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
Stöcker, Bastardmakrele
any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
(Canada, US, in the plural, informal)A large number or quantity.
scads of money
Examples
3 sentencesGina's sheer coldness attracted scads of men with low self-esteem.
Scads of online daters constantly check their desirability.
Harry Partch invented scads of musical instruments, many tuned to his 43-tone scale.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, ofUnknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.
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Forms
plural: scads / scadSynonyms
44 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.