scad
Noun
- A type of marine fish found in temperate and tropical waters.
- any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
- Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
- A large number or quantity.
Examples
- He managed to play ’SCAD’ using a ’D’ from an opponent’s word, earning a small but vital score.
- scads of money
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
abundance, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, bucketful, bucketload, bumload, busload, butt-ton, buttload, cartload, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitful, shitload, shitton, slew, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload
Scrabble Score: 7
scad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary