Scad
/skad/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
- 2 any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae wordnet
- 3 A large number or quantity. Canada, US, in-plural, informal
"scads of money"
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"it will surely rust, take on a loud of stains and pits, acquire a scad of dust."
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.