skosh
/skəʊʃ
/noun US informal
A small amount; a little: the car could do with a skosh more room in the back...
- Wigfield was very funny last night, but the teeniest skosh of a disappointment (to me).
- The market was down over 100 points several times today (but just a skosh) and wound up down 80.
- I'd almost say Cap… But DD has inched it out by the tiniest of skoshes.
Origin
1950s: from Japanese sukoshi.
- capitalism
- capitalist
- capitalistic
- capitalistically
- capitalist imperialism
- capitalist-imperialist
- capitalist road
- capitalist roader
- capitalizable
- capitalization
- capitalization issue
- capitalize
- capitalizer
- capitalled
- capitalless
- capital letter
- capital-lettered
- capital leverage
- capital levy
- capital liability
- capitalling
- capital loss
- capitally
- capital manor
- capital market