smidgen
/ˈsmɪdʒɪn
/(also smidgeon or smidgin)
noun informal
A small amount of something: add a smidgen of cayenne...
- Jake White's Springboks played almost as well as the Australians really, lacking only a smidgeon of dash in the final 15-20 minutes.
- She used the curvature of the chip to hold a smidgen of salsa.
- Anybody with a smidgin of web sense will instantly spot that as an urban legend.
Origin
Mid 19th century: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense.
Rhymes
- natural
- natural area
- natural birth
- natural body
- natural-born
- natural causes
- natural cement
- natural childbirth
- natural classification
- natural color
- natural-colored
- natural colour
- natural-coloured
- natural day
- natural deduction
- natural disaster
- naturalesque
- natural fiber
- natural fibre
- natural food
- natural fool
- natural foundation
- natural frequency
- natural gas
- natural gas liquid