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tad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tad has 1 sense
- tad(n = noun.quantity) shade - a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one" is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tad, n. US colloq. a small amount (often used adverbially: a tad too salty).
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
tad
bairn, boy, cherub, child, chit, darling, innocent, kid, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mite, nipper, offspring, peewee, shaver, son, stripling, tot, wee tot
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