tad
Meaning
- (informal) A small amount; a little bit.
- (slang) A street boy; an urchin.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/tæd/
Etymology
1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.
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