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hanging chads

hanging chads is the plural of hanging chad.

Meaning of hanging chad

Noun

hanging chad (plural hanging chads)

  1. A piece of punch-through paper on a voting ballot that has not fully detached from the card-stock.
    • The Gore campaign hopes there are enough ballots with unattached or “hanging” chads next to Gore’s name to give him the lead in Florida — and with it, the presidency.2000 November 14, “Presidency Hinges on Chad”, in ABC News

Questions about hanging chads

What is hanging chads the plural of?
Hanging chads is the plural of hanging chad.

Words near hanging chads in the dictionary

  1. hanging behind
  2. hanging by a hair
  3. hanging by a thread
  4. hanging by the eyelids
  5. hanging chad
  6. hanging chads
  7. hanging coffin
  8. hanging coffins
  9. hanging compass
  10. hanging compasses
  11. hanging disease

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