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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Noun
However, its beauty is expressed in dense 6-10 inch spring flower panicles followed by scads of glistening golden fruit that darkes to a comely reddish-brown with age.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Dec. 2025
The finale celebration also welcomed scads of past competitors back into the fold.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Maxwell is accused of helping to groom scads of young women who were later abused by Epstein.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
For the first few decades of its existence, the center trained skilled laborers for jobs in the scads of textile mills across North Carolina, producing everything from hosiery to towels to upholstery.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Scad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scad. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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