sked
/skɛd/
sked noun: a schedule.
Noun (1)
sked (plural skeds)
- A schedule.
- Smaller-town indies are lopping off early-week skeds with winter among us.1989, The Film Journal, volume 92, numbers 1-6
- Gibbs saying that the reason HRC delayed releasing her sked was that she was “hiding” something, […]2008 March 20, Ana Marie Cox, “Obama Conference Call”, in Times, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016
Verb
sked (third-person singular simple present skeds, present participle skedding, simple past and past participle skedded)
- To schedule.
- Plan of the Pennsylvania State Council of Defense to ring in a State-wide network of 45 stations for an "educational" blackout test, was nixed by the Office of Censorship after it was okayed by the Third Service Command of the army. Skedded for Thursday (8), purpose of the broadcast was to educate...1943 July 17, “Philly Kiboshes Blackout Tutoring”, in The Billboard: The World’s Foremost Amusement Weekly, volume 55, number 29, Cincinnati, Oh.: Roger S. Littleford Jr.; William D. Littleford...
- Actually NBC and other webs have used similar devices in the past, particularly during the war, when net used plattered segments for its news and documentary stanzas. As far as can be determined, however, this is the first post-war instance in which the net has allowed even a partial plattering of...1957 December 30, “NBC Breaks Wax Rule for Hope's Britain Shows”, in Billboard, volume 59, number 45, page 5
Noun (2)
sked (plural skeds)
Examples of sked in a sentence
- Skedded for Thursday (8), purpose of the broadcast was to educate public with air raid warning signals and all Pennsylvanians were urged to listen to instructions as broadcast.1943 July 17, “Philly Kiboshes Blackout Tutoring”, in The Billboard: The World’s Foremost Amusement Weekly, volume 55, number 29...
- As far as can be determined, however, this is the first post-war instance in which the net has allowed even a partial plattering of a regularly skedded commercial stanza.1957 December 30, “NBC Breaks Wax Rule for Hope's Britain Shows”, in Billboard, volume 59, number 45, page 5:
Forms of sked
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | skeds |
| alternative form | sched |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | skeds |
| present participle | skedding |
| past participle | skedded |
| past | skedded |
Origin of sked
Respelling of the first syllable of schedule.
Presumably from Scottish Gaelic sgadan.
Words formed from sked
Words that rhyme with sked
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- dread
- wed
- ahead
- bread
- sled
- embed
- in one's stead
- inbred
- ped
- zed
- bestead
- cred
- ed
- fed
- med
- undead
- abed
- bedspread
- DMZ
- Fred
- led
- Prussian red
- retread
- spoon-fed
- unwed
- z
- antired
- aspread
- bark bed
- behead
- bested
- bled
- block head
- bred
- cabin bed
- common thread
- Cow Head
- Crow Head
- faned
- fled
- freedom bread
- fugged
- instead
- ked
- knead
- misled
- ned
- pled
Questions about sked
- What does sked mean?
- Sked means a schedule.
- How do you use sked in a sentence?
- Skedded for Thursday (8), purpose of the broadcast was to educate public with air raid warning signals and all Pennsylvanians were urged to listen to instructions as broadcast.
- What part of speech is sked?
- Sked can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sked?
- Sked is pronounced /skɛd/.
- What is the plural of sked?
- The plural of sked is skeds.
Words near sked in the dictionary
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