skosh

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/skoʊʃ/
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/skoʊʃ/ · /skɑʃ/

Definition of skosh

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (informal)A tiny amount; a little bit.
    “He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.”
    ““Fly just a skosh to your one o'clock,” Elroy said.”
    “Just a skosh after the lunch break, Bivvy and Erin were singing a song together.”
    “I set the bit a skosh under the width of the mortise's shoulder; […]”
    “Wondrously weird and a skosh too long, “Good Manners” is a dark Brazilian fable of animalistic passions and social isolation.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang.

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