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scad 1  (skd)
n. pl. scad or scads
Any of several carangid fishes of the genus Decapterus, especially D. punctatus of the western Atlantic.
[Origin unknown.]
scad 2  (skd)
n. Informal
A large number or amount. Often used in the plural: Scads of people are in the hall.
[Origin unknown.]
scads [skædz]
pl n
Informal a large amount or number
[of uncertain origin]
Scads a lot of; heaps, 1869; U.S. money, 1809; a slab of peat or a tuft of grass, 1880.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scads - a large number or amountscads - 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
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