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trads

trads is the plural of trad.

Meaning of trad

Noun

trad (countable and uncountable, plural trads)

  1. Traditional climbing.
  2. Irish traditional music
    • Miltown Malbay hosts the annual Willie Clancy Irish Music Festival, one of Ireland's great trad music events.2017, Lonely Planet Ireland's Best Trips
  3. (informal) A traditionalist.
    • And just because leftoids make tripe from their position of strength is no reason for trads to make schlock from their position of weakness.2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind
  4. (informal) Anything traditional, such as a school or a model of car.

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Questions about trads

What is trads the plural of?
Trads is the plural of trad.

Words near trads in the dictionary

  1. tradpubbed
  2. tradpubbing
  3. tradpubs
  4. tradress
  5. tradresses
  6. trads
  7. tradthot
  8. tradthots
  9. traduce
  10. traduced
  11. traducement

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