tad
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 4
- Letters
- 3
Definition of tad
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(informal)A small amount; a little bit.
“Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?”
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noun
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(informal)A small amount; a little bit.
“Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?”
- (US, dated, slang)A street boy; an urchin.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of transboundary animal disease.
name
- A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
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(UK, colloquial)Tadcaster.
“There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of TA
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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