tad
pronunciation
How to pronounce tad in British English:
UK [tæd]
How to pronounce tad in American English:
US [tæd]
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- Noun:
- a slight amount or degree of difference
Word Origin
- tad (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 (1853â1871). The extended meaning "small amount" is first recorded 1915.
Example
- 1. Who stole tad sidley 's credit card ?
- 2. You know you seem a tad obsessed with this stuff .
- 3. That is just a tad less than icbc earned at the net level last year and many times more than the gains produced by its own securities portfolio .
- 4. It 's only a tad longer and thicker than the apple product .
- 5. It 's a tad too expensive for me .