smidgen
noun/ˈsmɪdʒən/
/ˈsmɪdʒən/
(also smidgeon, smidgin)
(also smidge
[singular] (informal)/smɪdʒ/
/smɪdʒ/
)- smidgen (of something) a small piece or amount of something
- ‘Sugar?’ ‘Just a smidgen.’
Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense.Definitions on the go
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