tad

[ tad ]

/ tæd /

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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.

Nearby words

tactometer, tactoreceptor, tactual, tactus, tacubaya, tad, tadema, tadjik, tadmor, tadpole, tadzhik

Origin of tad

1875–80, Americanism, for def 1; 1935–40, Americanism, for def 2; perhaps shortening of tadpole

Definition for tad (2 of 2)

Tad

[ tad ]

/ tæd /

noun

a male given name, form of Thaddeus or Theodore.

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Even so, I feel a tad guilty to be depriving him of the opportunity.
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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.
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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.
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Tad, after he had donned his clothes, returned to the scene of the conflict.
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Big-foot Sanders and Tad Butler, nearly half a mile ahead, felt the impetus, too.
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Except for Tad, who still refused to ride, his family would be dry.
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Tad was using his eyes to good purpose, but trying not to let the man know that he was doing so.
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Had Tad not had presence of mind they both might have perished right there.
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British Dictionary definitions for tad

tad

/ (tæd) /

noun informal

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

Word Origin for tad

C20: short for tadpole

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Medicine definitions for tad

TAD

abbr.

transient acantholytic dermatosis

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