trad /tɹæd/noun 4adjective 1forms 1 noun4 •Traditional climbing. •Irish traditional musicMiltown Malbay hosts the annual Willie Clancy Irish Music Festival, one of Ireland's great trad music events. — 2017 •(informal) Anything traditional, such as a school or a model of car. •(informal) A traditionalist.And just because leftoids make tripe from their position of strength is no reason for trads to make schlock from their position of weakness. — 2024 adjective1 •Traditional.I've been listening to trad jazz lately. formstrads