tad
IPA: tˈæd
noun
- (informal) A small amount; a little bit.
- (US, slang, dated) A street boy; an urchin.
- A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
- (UK, colloquial) Tadcaster.
- (uncountable) Initialism of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. [(uncountable) Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.]
- (countable, veterinary medicine) Initialism of transboundary animal disease.
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Examples of "tad" in Sentences
- It is a tad inelegant at this point.
- Article is currently a tad premature.
- And the Jesus mention is a tad bizarre.
- As a consequence it sounds a tad dodgy.
- The user needs a tad more wisdom, just a tad.
- But there's a tad bit of memorization involved.
- The red is a tad darker, and the dark brown is a tad lighter.
- American sneaker manufacturers, at this point, seem a tad gluttonous.
- A deity'dev' was also named and installed here and thus the name tad-dev.
- The only slight niggle that I had with was that it was a tad text bookish.
- I guess he just took the maxim about charity beginning at home a tad too literally.
- I hope they do Suicide Squeeze, altho they'd hafta tone down the title a tad, considering the economy and all.
- I am not sure tad is allowed to modify risque - or even be in the same sentence - especially when the subject is tango:
- The more usual use of tad is the sense 'a small amount or degree; a bit ', often used in the adverbial phrase a tad 'a little; slightly'.
- Tamer by a tad was the $146,000 Audi R8 -- out of all the cars in the group, this is the one I'd actually buy, a still-super-cool-but-practical daily driver.
- The other thing that kicks this one up a tad is the major eye candy babe-age with both Musetta Vander as Shan'auc and Vanessa Angel as Anise (and who, exactly, designs a top that leaves the belly button bare?)