Trad

//tɹæd// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Traditional climbing. countable, uncountable
2
traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s wordnet
3
Irish traditional music countable, uncountable
"Miltown Malbay hosts the annual Willie Clancy Irish Music Festival, one of Ireland's great trad music events."
4
A traditionalist. countable, informal, uncountable
"And just because leftoids make tripe from their position of strength is no reason for trads to make schlock from their position of weakness."
5
Anything traditional, such as a school or a model of car. countable, informal, uncountable

Adjective

1
Traditional. not-comparable
"I've been listening to trad jazz lately."

Synonyms

traditional climbing traditional climbing

Example

"I've been listening to trad jazz lately."

Etymology

Shortening of traditional.

Related phrases

non-trad trad bolted trad climber trad jazz trad pub trad-pub traditional climbing

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