chad

Meaning

Noun

1. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
2. One of these pieces of paper.

Contraction

I had

Synonyms

chip

scrap

shaving

paper scrap

waste

lake chad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃæd/

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.