Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small amount or degree; a bit.
- noun A small boy.
- idiom (a tad) To a small degree; somewhat.
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- noun A
small amount ; alittle bit .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The other thing that kicks this one up a tad is the major eye candy babe-age with both Musetta Vander as Shan'auc and Vanessa Angel as Anise (and who, exactly, designs a top that leaves the belly button bare?)
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The more usual use of tad is the sense 'a small amount or degree; a bit ', often used in the adverbial phrase a tad 'a little; slightly'.
A tad irritating 2008
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The more usual use of tad is the sense 'a small amount or degree; a bit ', often used in the adverbial phrase a tad 'a little; slightly'.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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I hope they do Suicide Squeeze, altho they'd hafta tone down the title a tad, considering the economy and all.
Here comes 2010 ... Victor Gischler 2009
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A deity'dev' was also named and installed here and thus the name tad-dev.
Archive 2006-09-01 Abodh 2006
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I am not sure tad is allowed to modify risque - or even be in the same sentence - especially when the subject is tango:
Tango . . . 2004
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A deity'dev' was also named and installed here and thus the name tad-dev.
Mumbai Names 3 Abodh 2006
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Tamer by a tad was the $146,000 Audi R8 -- out of all the cars in the group, this is the one I'd actually buy, a still-super-cool-but-practical daily driver.
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Tamer by a tad was the $146,000 Audi R8 -- out of all the cars in the group, this is the one I'd actually buy, a still-super-cool-but-practical daily driver.
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Tamer by a tad was the $146,000 Audi R8 -- out of all the cars in the group, this is the one I'd actually buy, a still-super-cool-but-practical daily driver.
bilby commented on the word tad
My mother told me long ago
(When I was a little tad)
That when the night went wailing so,
Somebody had been bad;
And then, when I was snug in bed,
Whither I had been sent,
With the blankets pulled up round my head,
I'd think of what mother'd said,
And wonder what boy she meant!
- Eugene Field, 'The Night Wind'.
November 3, 2008
ulleskelf commented on the word tad
I like tad in the "small amount" sense.
May 6, 2009
shanvrolijk commented on the word tad
"Recently, I wrote about my goal of learning everything. This is more than a tad ambitious, and probably impossible."
Source: The Goal of Learning Everything
January 22, 2018