Barely any amount
A smidgeon is a very small amount: Add just a smidgeon of salt.
The word appears in various spellings—smidgen, smidgin—all equally acceptable.
It's informal and often affectionate, suggesting precision about imprecision: Move it a smidgeon to the left.
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Barely any amount
A smidgeon is a very small amount: Add just a smidgeon of salt.
The word appears in various spellings—smidgen, smidgin—all equally acceptable.
It's informal and often affectionate, suggesting precision about imprecision: Move it a smidgeon to the left.
1. quantity — pinch, Squeeze with fingertips; tad (Small amount, informally); bit (Small amount or portion); dash (Quick burst or pinch); speck · morsel · hint · touch · trace · drop · iota · modicum · scintilla · whit
2. remnant — trace, Minute remnant or pursue; vestige (Faint surviving trace); residue (Matter left behind); remnant (What stays after most goes); fragment · shred · leftover · scrap · remainder · hint · suggestion · ghost · shadow · echo
quantity/amountsmidgeon ≠ heap Jumbled collection of items; ton · abundance · mountain · pile · mass
a smidgen (Minuscule quantity)
smidgen, smidge, smidgens, smidges, smidgeons
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/smidgeon