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cad

1

[ kad ]

noun

  1. an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. British Archaic.
    1. a local town boy or youth, as contrasted with a university or public school student.
    2. a servant at a university or public school.


CAD

2

[ kad ]

noun

  1. computer-aided design.

cad

1

/ °ìæ»å /

noun

  1. informal.
    a man who does not behave in a gentlemanly manner towards others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

CAD

2

acronym for

  1. computer-aided design
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦²¹»å»å¾±²õ³ó, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cad1

First recorded in 1780–90; short for caddie (in the sense “a person who runs errands and does odd jobsâ€)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cad1

C18: shortened from caddie
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Example Sentences

The president-elect is infamously a cad, but as the court testimony of Stormy Daniels made clear, he has no concern about the experience of any woman unfortunate enough to be alone with him.

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He and Evans never find their groove, and while Evans’ Boston-accented deadbeat cad routine is rote for him at this point, Johnson feels adrift, never locking in to a specific tone.

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It's a lot harder to be a carefree cad about town when you have child support payments or even, as the religious right hopes, a shotgun marriage.

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But his career as a humorous cad took off in 1980 when he landed the part of the “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot†Franklin Hart Jr. in Colin Higgins’ radical feminist comedy, “9 to 5.â€

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Paul is a bit of cad, and not even entertainingly awful.

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