smidgen
noun /ˈsmɪdʒən/
/ˈsmɪdʒən/
(also smidgeon, smidgin)
(also smidge
[singular] (informal) /smɪdʒ/
/smɪdʒ/
)- smidgen (of something) a small piece or amount of something
- ‘Sugar?’ ‘Just a smidgen.’
Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense.