noun · rare

smidgen

smidg·en

smidgen · smidgens

Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantityChiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.

/ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪn/

» I'm dieting, so I'll have just a smidgen of that pie.

Meaning

2 senses

(informal)Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
Move it a smidgen to the right.
Would you like some more cake? ―I’ll have a smidgen.
Quäntchen, Quentchen
чу́точкаčútočka, ка́пляkáplja, ма́лостьmálostʹ
(broadly, informal)Chiefly in the form a smidgen of a: a very small or insignificant person or thing; also, an instance of such a person or thing.

More definitions

a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Examples

1 sentences

I'm dieting, so I'll have just a smidgen of that pie.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

very small amount or quantity:

Deutsch

very small amount or quantity:

Origin

Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amou

Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amount or quantity”) + possibly -in (a variant of -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting things considered collectively)). Smitch is possibly:

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