scads
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scad 1
(skăd)n. pl. scad or scads
Any of several carangid fishes chiefly of the genus Decapterus, especially D. punctatus of the western Atlantic.
[Origin unknown.]
scad 2
(skăd)n. Informal
often scads A large number or amount: Scads of people are in the hall.
[Origin unknown.]
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scads
(skædz)pl n
informal a large amount or number
[C19: of uncertain origin]
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Scads
a lot of; heaps, 1869; U.S. money, 1809; a slab of peat or a tuft of grass, 1880.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  scads - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
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