scads

scad ¹  (skd)

n. pl. scad or scads

Any of several carangid fishes of the genus Decapterus, especially D. punctatus of the western Atlantic.

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scad ²  (skd)

n. Informal

A large number or amount. Often used in the plural: Scads of people are in the hall.

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scads [skædz]

pl n

Informal a large amount or number

[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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scads - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, rafts, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, piles large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

Translations

scads [skædz] NPL → montones mpl
we have scads of it → lo tenemos a montones, tenemos montones de eso