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spads

spads is the plural of spad.

Meaning of spad

Noun (1)

spad (plural spads)

  1. (UK, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
    • SPAD Special Advisor1997 November, Reddy Hannah with Wimbush, Angela and Linesberry, Debbie, “Abbreviations and Acronyms”, in Dr. Russell G. Swenson, editor, Defense and Intelligence Abbreviations and Acronyms...

Noun (2)

spad (plural spads)

  1. A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

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Noun (1) capitalized: SPADs

SPADs

  1. (plural) plural of SPAD

Verb capitalized: SPADs

SPADs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of SPAD

Noun (2) capitalized: SpAds

SpAds

  1. (plural) plural of SpAd

Questions about spads

What is spads the plural of?
Spads is the plural of spad.
What part of speech is spads?
Spads can be a noun or a verb.

Words near spads in the dictionary

  1. Spadoni
  2. Spadonis
  3. spados
  4. spadroon
  5. spadroons
  6. spads
  7. Spady
  8. Spadys
  9. spae
  10. spae-craft
  11. spaecraft

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spads (page history and authors); SPADs (page history and authors); SpAds (page history and authors); spad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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