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Definition of tad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tad

noun
 
/tæd/
 
/tæd/
a tad
[singular] (informal)
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  1. a very small amount
    • Could you turn the sound down just a tad?
    Word Originlate 19th cent. (denoting a small child): origin uncertain, perhaps from tadpole. The current usage dates from the 1940s.
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