scrod

Meaning

Noun

Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

Verb

To shred.

Verb

simple past and past participle of screw (“have sex”)

screw

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

schrod

codfish

gibber

haddock

pinger

chat haddock

cod

snapper haddock

Translations

aiglefin

eglefino

eglefino

églefin

Schellfisch

merluzzo giovane

schelvis

arinca

eglefino

risca negra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɹɑd/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Schrott

In summary

One theory derives it from scrawed, past participle of Cornwall dialect scraw (“to split and dry fish”), but the further origin of this word seems not to have been traced.
Another theory derives it from an obsolete Dutch term: either from schrood (“slice, shred”), from Middle Dutch schrode, schroode, referring to the splitting of the fish; or alternatively from the related schrot (“inferior product, cull”), the scrod being originally a cod too small for filleting. In both of these cases, the word is ultimately cognate to shred. Compare East Frisian schrod (“small or worthless thing; shred”), German Schrott (“scrap”).