skosh
Just a tad
A skosh is a small amount, borrowed from Japanese *sukoshi* meaning "a little." It typically appears after the article *a*: Move it a skosh to the left, Could you turn that down a skosh?
The word entered American English through U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan after World War II.
Very small quantity
- tadSmall amount, informally
- bitSmall amount or portion
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
trace · speck · touch · hint · drop · dab · dollop · modicum
Gentle push to prompt
hair · notch · degree · fraction · increment · margin · whisker · smidge
U.S. military slang
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- JapaneseOf or from Nippon
smidgen
Very small quantity
pinch · trace · speck · touch · hint · drop · dab · dollop · modicum · iota
nudge
Gentle push to prompt
inch · hair · notch · degree · fraction · increment · margin · whisker · smidge · tick
GI
U.S. military slang
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
Japanese · military · vernacular · casual · conversational