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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tad, shadenoun

    a slight amount or degree of difference

    "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

Wiktionary

  1. tadnoun

    A small amount; a little bit.

    Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

  2. Tadnoun

    A male nickname.

  3. Tadnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.

  4. Etymology: 1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.

ChatGPT

  1. tad

    A tad is a colloquial term often used to represent a small amount or degree of something. It is synonymous with 'a little bit' or 'slightly'. For example, "Could you move a tad to the left?" It can also be used to refer to a young or small child.

Wikidata

  1. Tad

    Tad was an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington led by Tad Doyle. Among the first of the many bands which came out of Seattle in the grunge era, Tad was notable for the fact that its music was inspired far more by '70s metal than the punk which influenced many other grunge bands. Although their commercial success was limited, their music is still highly regarded amongst grunge fans.

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    Song lyrics by tad -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by tad on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. TAD

    What does TAD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TAD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Anagrams for tad »

  1. ADT

  2. dat

  3. Dat.

  4. DAT

  5. DTA

  6. TDA

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tad in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of tad in a Sentence

  1. Bernie Sanders:

    I am not making that threat. I don't know what Tad meant by that.

  2. Anthony Thomas:

    ( She said) that Tad was just Tad Cummins and Tad Cummins was sort of a friend of his... that this girl who had made the complaints had lied, he had also fed( students) stories of things he had supposedly done and organizations he had been with. They were all convinced that he had been with the FBI and CIA and that he had been with Special Forces -- they were all convinced of Special Forces.

  3. The TBI:

    Investigative efforts have revealed a troubling pattern of behavior by Tad Cummins, suggesting the 50-year-old may have been abusing his role as a teacher to groom this vulnerable young girl for some time in an effort to lure and potentially sexually exploit her.

  4. Bernie Sanders:

    If they're going to engage in this kind of attack, they need to understand we're not going to stand there and take it. i am not making that threat. I don't know what Tad meant by that.

  5. Anthony Thomas:

    He convinced Tad Cummins that he had been a secret agent and... that he had all kinds of money, it was clear that he had really put a lot of notions into Tad Cummins head.

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