Chad

Definitions

1. I had
   West-Country, contraction, obsolete
2. Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”).
   Internet, alt-of, alternative
3. A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
4. A very handsome, usually tall man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.
   Internet
5. A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
6. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
   uncountable
7. One of these pieces of paper.
   countable
8. The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.
   British
9. Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).

Equivalents

50 more languages

AfrikaansTsjad

العربيةتشاد

Българскичад

বাংলাচাঁদ

BosanskiČadsatЧад

CatalàTxad

ČeštinaČad

CymraegTsiad

DanskTchad

ΕλληνικάΤσαντ

EsperantoĈado

EestiTšaad

فارسیچاد

SuomiTšadTšadjärvi

GaeilgeLoch Sheadsead

HausaCadi

हिन्दीचाड

HrvatskiČadsatЧад

MagyarCsád

ՀայերենՉադ

Bahasa IndonesiaCad

ÍslenskaTsjad

ItalianoCiad

日本語チャド

ქართულიჩადი

ភាសាខ្មែរឆាដ

한국어차드챠드

KurdîÇad

LatinaTzadia

LietuviųČadas

LatviešuČada

Македонскичад

မြန်မာချဒ်

NederlandsTsjaad

PolskiCzad

PortuguêsChade

Русскийчад

SlovenčinaČad

SlovenščinaČad

СрпскиČadsatЧад

SvenskaTchad

KiswahiliChadi

தமிழ்சாட்

ไทยชาด

TürkmençeÇad

TagalogTsad

TürkçeÇad

Українськачад

Tiếng Việtsắt

YorùbáṢaadi

Examples

“"What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like⟳ royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth." "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like⟳ they like⟳ order⟳."”

“'He used to be called Trevor Buss.' 'Chad? I don't believe⟳ you.' […] 'He changed his name⟳ into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.' 'No!' 'He'd insist on the whole name⟳. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass⟳ the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" […] No one passed to him. So he became Chad.'”

“The scene gave the company’s president, Chad Hartmann, a glimmer of hope⟳ amid the chaos that ensued after Tuesday's raid purged roughly half of his staff — many of whom had been longtime employees of the company, which has been processing boxed beef for more than 15 years.”

“They are united by the fact that women will not have⟳ sex with them, usually attributed to shallow obsessions with looks or superficial personality, and by their hatred of “Chads” and “Stacys”, the men and women who have⟳ sex.”

“Short for “female humanoid”, it’s used in place⟳ of the word “woman” to depict how, in an incel’s view⟳, women are not entirely human, but are instead robot-like androids who only crave sex with Chads.”

“Though foreigners did play⟳ some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say⟳ the vast majority of Chadians, like⟳ Mohammed, were working to send⟳ remittances home.”

“The keypunch wasn't named after a Mr. Chadless; it was so named because, as expected, it punched tape while producing little or no chad.”

“Prior devices of the type⟳ according to the present⟳ invention have⟳ been arranged to cut⟳ out the perforations completely at a single movement, thereby producing chads or waste⟳ material which often present⟳ difficult problems of disposal.”

“The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain⟳ attached to the body of the tape.”

“Much of the controversy seems to revolve around ballot cards designed to be perforated by a stylus but which, either through error or deliberate omission, have⟳ not been perforated with sufficient precision for a machine to count⟳ them. In some cases a piece of the card—a chad—is hanging, say⟳ by two corners. In other cases there is no separation at all, just an indentation.”

“Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet⟳ chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.”

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