tad

[ tad ]
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nounInformal.
  1. a small child, especially a boy.

  2. 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

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

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Other definitions for Tad (2 of 2)

Tad
[ tad ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of Thaddeus or Theodore.

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How to use tad in a sentence

  • This reasoning displeased the dwarfs, and one of them named tad denounced it with much indignation.

    Honey-Bee | Anatole France
  • Me 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 Wright
  • He 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

tad

/ (tæd) /


nouninformal
  1. US and Canadian a small boy; lad

  2. US and Canadian a small bit or piece

  1. a tad a little; rather: she may be a tad short but she got a top modelling job

Origin of tad

1
C20: short for tadpole

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