tad

noun Informal.

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.

noun

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

noun informal

1. US and Canadian a small boy; lad
2. US and Canadian a small bit or piece
3. a tad a little; rathershe may be a tad short but she got a top modelling job

n.1877, “young or small child,” probably a shortened form of tadpole, which is said to be the source of Tad as the nickname of U.S. President Lincoln’s son Thomas (1853–1871). The extended meaning “small amount” is first recorded 1915. abbr.

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