tad
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.
Origin of tad
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How to use tad in a sentence
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.
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’ | Marlow Stern | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven so, I feel a tad guilty to be depriving him of the opportunity.
Method Man Talks Wu-Tang Clan Reunion, Fake Rappers, and the Suge Knight Shooting | Marlow Stern | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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.
Why 'The Giver' Movie Will Disappoint the Book's Fans | Kevin Fallon | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause 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.
Face It—We Rubes Will Never Live Like Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Bertsche | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This reasoning displeased the dwarfs, and one of them named tad denounced it with much indignation.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceMe and his daddy was--was together when he died; and you used to sit on Wash's knee when you was a little tad.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell WrightHe looked down the stairs and saw Tom and tad Sobber near a landing, having a wordy quarrel.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)More than this, he had caught tad Sobber in a falsehood only the day before.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)As they looked into the place they saw tad Sobber reach over the counter and catch the girl clerk by her curls.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
British Dictionary definitions for tad
/ (tæd) /
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
Origin of tad
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