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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)
- Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
- (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)
- I decrease, diminish, reduce.
- I decline.
- I subtract.
Related terms
- scãdeari/scãdeare
- scãderi
- scãdzut
- scãdzui
- cad
See also
- sclãghescu
Romanian
Verb
scad
- first-person singular present indicative of sc?dea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sc?dea
- third-person plural present indicative of sc?dea
Scots
Verb
scad
- scald
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spad
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of special adviser.
Alternative forms
- SpAd, SpAD
Noun
spad (plural spads)
- (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.
- 2009, Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:
Etymology 2
Noun
spad (plural spads)
- (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
- 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
- imperative of spada
Polish
Etymology
Deverbal of spada?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spat/
Noun
spad m inan
- (printing) bleed
- A fallen nut or fruit.
- (collective) fallen nuts or fruit
- 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
- broth, decoction
- (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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