scad

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
2. (informal) A large number or quantity.

Sinonieme

a great deal

jack

kingfish

horse mackerel

Selar

jack mackerel

queenfish

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skad/

Etimologie (Engels)

Unknown, early 17th century, perhaps related to shad. In sense “large amount”, US 1869, of unknown origin, presumably from large shoals/schools of the fish.