scad

Meaning

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

Synonyms

a great deal

jack

kingfish

horse mackerel

Selar

jack mackerel

queenfish

Translations

jurel

μεγάλη ποσότης

chinchard

saurel

sugarello

sugherello

sugarello pittato

suro

Trachurus trachurus

Selar

Hors

μεγάλη ποσότητα

Holzmakrele

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skad/

Etymology

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.