/ tæd; NAmE / noun
a tad [ sing. ] ( informal ) a very small amount :
Could you turn the sound down just a tad?
► a tad adverb :
It's a tad too expensive for me.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent. (denoting a small child): origin uncertain, perhaps from tadpole . The current usage dates from the 1940s.