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.
- change address
- change colour
- change down
- changeful
- change hands
- changeless
- changelessly
- changelessness
- changeling
- change management
- changement
- changement de pieds
- change of pace
- change of scene
- change of scenery
- change of the monsoon
- change one's mind
- change one's tune
- change (or switch or shift) gear
- changeout
- change over
- changeover
- change places
- change purse
- changer