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smidgen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun smidgen has 1 sense
- smidgen(n = noun.quantity) iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit - a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; Array is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smidgen, n. (also smidgin) colloq. a small bit or amount.
Etymology
perh. f. smitch in the same sense: cf. dial. smitch wood-smoke
THESAURUS
smidgen
ace, atom, bit, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot, little, little bit, lota, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, ray, scruple, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whit
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