noun. Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.

noun. One of these scraps or bits of paper.

noun. An obsolete form of shad. The name in Cornwall, England, of the young of the common sea-bream, Pagellus centrodontus.

noun. A dry twig: same as chat.

noun. Dry, bushy fragments found among food. [Prov. Eng. in both senses, usually in plural.]

noun. See shad.

noun. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, punched cards, paper tape etc.

noun. One of these pieces of paper.

noun. a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

noun. a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

noun. a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

noun. a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

"Graham notes that the noun was then construed as plural, on the analogy of chaff, but today’s ballot counters are referring to chads, construing the word chad as singular."

dimpled chad  hanging chad  pregnant chad  swinging-door chad  tri-chad  

african country  african nation  lake  

Brad  Dad  Gad  Mossad  Riyadh  

ballot  cosplay  hanging-chad  post-college  sprul  

shad