tad
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tad¹
- /tæd/
Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.
noun tads
-
A small amount; a little bit.
Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?
Similar: jot, whit, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit, crumb, glimpse
-
A street boy; an urchin.
Similar: gamin, gurrier, guttersnipe, street child, street urchin
Tad²
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
Tad³
proper noun
- Tadcaster. There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.
TAd⁴
verb
- simple past and past participle of TA
TAD⁵
noun TADs
- Initialism of tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
- Initialism of transboundary animal disease
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jot, little, tidbit, detachment, child, youngster, mood, that, touch, shortly, moppet, then, dpt, hair, low, adt
Translations
Talk about this word "tad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tad "tad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tad.Cite this
@misc{tad_2026,
title = {tad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tad},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
