n. ~ 1. The waste material created when holes are punched out of a paper medium, especially punched cards; chaff, computer confetti, and keypunch droppings. - 2. Perforated strips on the sides of cont [..]

also Mr. Chad, graffiti drawing of a head peering over a fence or wall, with the caption, "Wot, no ______?" (the U.S. version usually had "Kilroy was here"), in reaction to shortag [..]

African nation, former French colony (Tchad), independent since 1960, named for Lake Chad, which is from a local word meaning "lake, large expanse of water." An ironic name for such a desert [..]

"hanging flap or piece after a hole is punched in paper," a word unknown to most people until the 2000 U.S. presidential election (when the outcome hinged on partially punched paper ballots [..]

a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole

/chad/ n. 1. The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion. Also called selvage and perf. 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of car [..]

Confetti-like pieces of paper formed from punch cards or paper tapes. May have been derived from the word Chadless keypunch, which did not create the confetti-like substance; therefore, it was assumed [..]

Chad is a tiny bit of paper that is punched from a ballot using a punch-type mechanical voting machine. Chad was made infamous in the highly contentious 2000 United States presidential election where [..]

The piece of cardboard poked out of a hole in a tabulator or voting punch card. When the hole is not cleanly poked out there are several classes of chad: hanging chad: The chad is free at least at one [..]

(n) a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape(n) a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river(n) a landlocked desert republic in no [..]

A republic in Central Africa, east of Niger, west of Sudan and south of Libya. Its capital is N'Djamena.

A republic in central Africa, west of SUDAN. Its capital is N'Djamena, called Fort-Lamy before 1973. Explored in 1891 by the French, it became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910 and, after [..]

(uncountable) Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. * author=David P. Mikkelson|title=Chad: Does the word [..]

From the Old English name Ceadda, which is of unknown meaning, possibly based on Old Welsh cat "battle". This was the name of a 7th-century English saint. Borne primarily by Catholic [..]