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tad [ tad ] SHOW IPA
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Definition of tad noun Informal .
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 1875–80,
Americanism ,
for def. 1 ; 1935–40,
Americanism ,
for def. 2 ; perhaps shortening of
tadpole
Words nearby tad tactometer ,
tactoreceptor ,
tactual ,
tactus ,
Tacubaya ,
tad ,
ta-da ,
tadalafil ,
Tadema ,
Tadjik ,
Tadmor
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Tad
[ tad ] SHOW IPA
/ tæd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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Words related to tad babe ,
chick ,
child ,
kid ,
toddler ,
youngster ,
milksop ,
mollycoddle ,
pushover ,
modicum ,
smidgen ,
iota ,
morsel ,
sliver ,
whiff ,
bairn ,
bambino ,
bundle ,
buttercup ,
button
How to use tad in a sentence For each grasp, they shifted either the object or grabber just a tad .
It takes us out of ourselves, just for a bit, and returns us with—hopefully—a tad more perspective and peace.
It may be an impossible job but a good biopic — especially at this luxurious length — should leave you with a tad more insight.
Although the experimental sauce didn’t go down particularly well with Venezuelan customers, some of whom told Araujo it was a tad too sweet, it was an instant hit among most other diners like myself.
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.
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.
This reasoning displeased the dwarfs, and one of them named Tad denounced it with much indignation.
Me and his daddy was--was together when he died; and you used to sit on Wash's knee when you was a little tad .
He looked down the stairs and saw Tom and Tad Sobber near a landing, having a wordy quarrel.
More than this, he had caught Tad Sobber in a falsehood only the day before.
As they looked into the place they saw Tad Sobber reach over the counter and catch the girl clerk by her curls.
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British Dictionary definitions for tad
noun informal
US and Canadian a small boy; lad
US and Canadian a small bit or piece
a tad a little; rather she may be a tad short but she got a top modelling job
Word Origin for tad C20: short for tadpole
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Medical definitions for tad
abbr.
transient acantholytic dermatosis
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