Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scad

/skad/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: scad
IPA: /skad/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.

noun

A large number or quantity.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal

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.)"

Etymology

Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scads (plural)

Phrases

African scad Arabian scad banded scad big-eyed scad big eyed scad bigeye scad blackfin scad common scad

Synonyms

abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload

Rhymes With

had bad add dad glad sad ad mad brad pad chad lad

Questions

How do you pronounce scad?: The recorded pronunciation is /skad/.
What does scad mean?: Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
Where does scad come from?: Unknown, 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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