chad

Meaning

Noun

• Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
• One of these pieces of paper.
• Alternate spelling of Chad

Origin

• Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat. The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad ("river gravel") stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.
• From ch-- + had, from ich + had.