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scad

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skad/, /skæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

scad (plural scads or scad)

  1. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
  2. (in the plural, informal, Canada, US) A large number or quantity.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • ACDs, ADCs, ADS-C, ADSC, DACs, SACD, SADC, cads

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • scadu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excade?, from Latin ex- + cad?. Compare Daco-Romanian sc?dea, scad.

Verb

scad (third-person singular present indicative scadi/scade, past participle scãdzutã)

  1. I decrease, diminish, reduce.
  2. I decline.
  3. I subtract.

Related terms

  • scãdeari/scãdeare
  • scãderi
  • scãdzut
  • scãdzui
  • cad

See also

  • sclãghescu

Romanian

Verb

scad

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sc?dea
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of sc?dea
  3. third-person plural present indicative of sc?dea

Scots

Verb

scad

  1. scald

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spad

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of special adviser.

Alternative forms

  • SpAd, SpAD

Noun

spad (plural spads)

  1. (UK politics, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
    • 2009, Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:
      A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.
    • 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian:
      The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

Etymology 2

Noun

spad (plural spads)

  1. (mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Anagrams

  • APDS, ASPD, PDAs, SaPD, daps, pads

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?spat]

Noun

spad m

  1. fallout

Further reading

  • spad in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • spad in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spad

  1. imperative of spada

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal of spada?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spat/

Noun

spad m inan

  1. (printing) bleed
  2. A fallen nut or fruit.
  3. (collective) fallen nuts or fruit
  4. slope, gradient

Declension

Further reading

  • spad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • spad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spadh. Cognate with Icelandic spað and Danish spad.

Noun

spad n

  1. broth, decoction
  2. (colloquial) a body of water

Usage notes

Colloquial sense often used in the abbreviated definite singular form spat, for example hoppa i spat ("jump in the water") or trilla i spat ("fall in the water").

Declension

References

  • spad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • spad in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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