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tad

  [tad]
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–noun Informal.
1. a small child, esp. 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:
1875–80, Americanism, for def. 1; 1935–40, Americanism, for def. 2; perh. shortening of tadpole

Tad

  [tad] ,
–noun
a male given name, form of Thaddeus or Theodore.
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tad   (tād)   
n.   Informal

  1. A small boy.

  2. A small amount or degree; a bit.


[Perhaps short for tadpole.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
tad

  1. n.
    a bit; a small bit. : That's a little more than a tad, but it's all right.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tad 
1877, "young or small child," probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning "small amount" is first recorded 1915.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

TAD abbr.
transient acantholytic dermatosis

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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