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scads - definition and meaning
Definitions
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noun in the plural A large number or quantity .
noun Plural form of scad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a large number or amount
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The * scads and scads* of people posting here constantly * BELIE* what the anti-gay say, implying indications that such gay people * are in a severe minority and/or barely even exist*.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
NextWatch out for 'bait and click' ads called 'scads '
Coffee Break: July 23 2008
The "scads " are all we want, and to get them we will try,
Root Hog or Die 5 2000
The AABC has set its sights on search engines, hoping to expose scam ads or "scads ," its term for sponsored search results that are targeted using competitors 'brand names.
ClickZ News 2009
To some, it seemed to be the “polyglotification” of English, by scads of new words coming in from all directions.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
To some, it seemed to be the “polyglotification” of English, by scads of new words coming in from all directions.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
Amid the scads of sensationalist shows on the network hiding under the guise of "educational" television, "All American Muslim" actually has one of the greatest opportunities to truly educate that TLC has.
Christian Piatt: All-American Muslims, Meet Un-Christ-Like Christians Christian Piatt 2011
The sad part is how shitty most TV writing is, and that the idiots writing it are making scads more money than talented, well-deserving prose writers.
WGA Minimums – Brian Keene 2009
Young, Chicago artist Thomas Roach begins his creative process of finding content by an odd, laborious exercise of borrowing scads of clipped magazine pages from the Chicago Public Library's archives.
Paul Klein: What If a Curator's Agenda Doesn't Match the Artist's? Paul Klein 2011
Then the calculations proliferated, churning out scads of random data.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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