Chad Definition

chăd
chads
noun

Any of the bits of paper that are separated from a punch card in the process of punching holes in it.

Webster's New World
One of these scraps or bits of paper.
American Heritage
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Lake Chad
  • tchad
  • Republic of Chad
  • Chadic language
  • chadic
pronoun

A male given name. Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.

Wiktionary

(UK) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.

Wiktionary
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Chad

Noun

Singular:
chad
Plural:
chads

Origin of Chad

  • Uncertain; predates the Chadless punch (see the Snopes article on this supposed origin); possibly from the English slang term chat, "louse". The etymology Scots chad, "river gravel" previously given in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English Ceadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh century saint, revived in the 20th century.

    From Wiktionary

  • Believed to be from Kanuri tsade ("lake", after Lake Chad)

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chad Sentence Examples

  • The southern basin of Chad is described under the Shari, which empties its waters into the lake about the middle of the southern shore, forming a delta of considerable extent.

  • What determines how much money you or Chad or anyone gets paid?

  • Besides the Shari, the only important stream entering Lake Chad is the Waube or Yo (otherwise the Komadugu Yobe), which rises near Kano, and flowing eastward enters the lake on its western side 40 m.

  • Farther north, beyond the Mandara mountains, the country, here part of the ancient sultanate of Bornu, slopes to the shores of Lake Chad, and has a general level of Boo to 1000 ft.

  • Coming from the Tibesti highlands the Bahr-el-Ghazal has a south-westerly trend to Lake Chad.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHA

Words Ending With

DADHAD

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Words Starting With C and Ending With D

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