Merriam-Webster defines tad:
tad
Pronunciation: 'tad
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect, toad, from Middle English tode -- more at TOAD
Date: circa 1877
1 : a small child; especially : BOY
2 : a small or insignificant amount or degree : BIT <might give him some water and a tad to eat -- C. T. Walker>
- a tad : SOMEWHAT, RATHER <looked a tad bigger than me -- Larry Hodgson>
tad
Pronunciation: 'tad
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect, toad, from Middle English tode -- more at TOAD
Date: circa 1877
1 : a small child; especially : BOY
2 : a small or insignificant amount or degree : BIT <might give him some water and a tad to eat -- C. T. Walker>
- a tad : SOMEWHAT, RATHER <looked a tad bigger than me -- Larry Hodgson>






