soupçonnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈsuːp.sɒ̃/us/ˈsuːp.sɑ̃ː/mainly humorousa very small amount:
"Milk in your coffee?" "Just a soupçon, please."
Do I detect a soupçon of sarcasm in what you just said?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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