tad
[tad]
- a small child, especially a boy.
- a very small amount or degree; bit: Please shift your chair a tad to the right. The frosting could use a tad more vanilla.
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Origin of tad
Tad
[tad]
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Contemporary Examples
Joe Sutter is 93 now, silver-haired and moving a tad more slowly than he would like, but still pugnacious and sharp of tongue.
Onscreen, Teller is a bit like a young Vince Vaughn—gregarious, charming, and a tad suspicious.
Even so, I feel a tad guilty to be depriving him of the opportunity.
Method Man Talks Wu-Tang Clan Reunion, Fake Rappers, and the Suge Knight ShootingMarlow Stern
September 15, 2014
When a 16-year-old takes on that wide-eyed, touched-for-the-very-first-time role, it all comes off as a tad more…juvenile.
Because we know she was once a tad more regular, and she feels like an old friend, and we watched her become who she is today.
Historical Examples
I say, Tad Murray, what's made you so late with your cows this morning?
Tell you what, Tad, Whip's the best dog in the world for rabbits.
"Tad" Simpson was known to be deep in Congressman Atkins's confidence.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
I say that to you, Tad Simpson, and to the man—to whoever put you up to this.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
It was practically a repetition of his reply to Tad Simpson that morning.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
tad
- US and Canadian a small boy; lad
- US and Canadian a small bit or piece
- a tad a little; rathershe may be a tad short but she got a top modelling job
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Word Origin
C20: short for tadpole
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Word Origin and History for tad
n.
1877, "young or small child," probably a shortened form of tadpole, which is said to be the source of Tad as the nickname of U.S. President Lincoln's son Thomas (1853–1871). The extended meaning "small amount" is first recorded 1915.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
TAD
- transient acantholytic dermatosis
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