plural scad also scads
: any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
: a large number or quantity
—usually used in plural
scads of money
Examples of scad in a Sentence
Noun (2)
scads of people showed up for the party
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Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
One place where lots of Americans routinely agree there are scads of wasteful spending is on foreign aid.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 May 2025
This has, of course, made Dash a viral fixture on TikTok, with scads of recipes for mini-waffles and keto-friendly chaffles.
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With vacancy rates at an unheard-of 1.4% and rents going up and up and up, New York needs scads of new units.
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Noun
And the closed system and technology allows scientists to gather scads of data.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
One place where lots of Americans routinely agree there are scads of wasteful spending is on foreign aid.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 May 2025
This has, of course, made Dash a viral fixture on TikTok, with scads of recipes for mini-waffles and keto-friendly chaffles.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 29 June 2025
With vacancy rates at an unheard-of 1.4% and rents going up and up and up, New York needs scads of new units.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
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“Scad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scad. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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