Definition of "spad" in 英语

noun

1. (UK politics, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role.

   • The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

noun

1. (mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

noun

1. Clipping of spadona/spadone.