tad

UK /tæd/ US /tæd/

noun 4name 2

Definitions

noun

A small amount; a little bit.

Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

A street boy; an urchin.

name

A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.

name

Tadcaster.

There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.

ADJ.

awkward, confused, delayed, expensive, foolish, jealous, late, left

VERB + TAD

acting, feel, felt, got, like, named, needs, opening

TAD + NOUN

definition, dorgan, lot, mary, sugar, wealth, week

PREP.

around, in, than, up

ADV.

fiddly

noun — a slight amount or degree of difference

Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

Wiktionary

There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.

Wiktionary

One day in 1906, a newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan went to a baseball game.

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My coffee needs just a tad more sugar.

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I feel it's a tad risky to do that.

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Tom felt a tad awkward around Mary.

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i Register

In some senses, tad is marked as informal, dated, slang, US, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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