skosh
noun
ˈskōsh 
: a small amount : bit, smidgen —used adverbially with a
just a skosh bit shook
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The word skosh comes from the Japanese word sukoshi, which is pronounced "skoh shee" and means "a tiny bit" or "a small amount." The Japanese word was shortened by U.S. servicemen stationed in Japan after World War II. Later, in the Korean War, a small soldier was often nicknamed Skosh. In civilian-speak, skosh can be used by itself as a noun or in the adverbial phrase "a skosh".
Synonyms
- ace
- bit
- crumb
- dab
- dram
- driblet
- glimmer
- hint
- lick
- little
- mite
- nip
- ounce
- particle
- peanuts
- ray
- scintilla
- scruple
- shade
- shadow
- shred
- smack
- smell
- smidgen
- smidgeon
- smidgin
- smidge
- snap
- soupçon
- spark
- spatter
- speck
- splash
- spot
- sprinkling
- strain
- streak
- suspicion
- tad
- touch
- trace
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Example Sentences
add just a skosh more blue to the paint mixture
Recent Examples on the Web Price growth slowed a skosh and inventory ticked up slightly across the nation’s biggest metros in the third quarter. cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021 The screen sizes range from 13.3 inches diagonally for the Dell XPS 13 to a skosh bigger (13.4) on the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, while the Dell XPS 15 has a 15.6-inch panel. Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 13 Nov. 2019
cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021 The screen sizes range from 13.3 inches diagonally for the Dell XPS 13 to a skosh bigger (13.4) on the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, while the Dell XPS 15 has a 15.6-inch panel. Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 13 Nov. 2019 Word History
Etymology
Japanese sukoshi
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
skoshes
noun
as in little
a very small amount add just a skosh more blue to the paint mixture Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- little
- splashes
- touches
- sprinklings
- glimmers
- hints
- specks
- licks
- bits
- smidgeons
- soupçons
- traces
- sparks
- dabs
- shadows
- particles
- scintillas
- shades
- smidgins
- rays
- peanuts
- nips
- ounces
- smells
- smacks
- crumbs
- bites
- driblets
- flecks
- handfuls
- drops in the bucket
- drops
- shreds
- drams
- streaks
- smidges
- slivers
- strains
- spatters
- mites
- suspicions
- snaps
- spots
- scruples
- pinches
- dashes
- molecules
- smidgens
- aces
- parts
- grains
- modicums
- atoms
- syllables
- tastes
- granules
- patches
- doses
- fragments
- dots
- portions
- whits
- nibbles
- minims
- vestiges
- scraps
- minimums
- minima
- flyspecks
- sections
- jots
- smatters
- motes
- semblances
- chips
- nubbins
- flakes
- iotas
- splinters
- morsels
- scatterings
- tittles
- shivers
- shavings
- hoots
- clippings
- shards
- tatters
- smatterings
- handsful
- parings
- smithereens
- shots
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- loads
- masses
- mountains
- quantities
- barrels
- bushels
- piles
- deals
- stacks
- buckets
- bundles
- rafts
- lots
- abundances
- pecks
- heaps
- volumes
- reams
- lashins
- gobs
- messes
- fistfuls
- wealths
- potfuls
- scads
- wads
- oodles
- lashings
- boatloads
- passels
- plenties
- much
- surpluses
- profusions
- excesses
- overflows
- embarrassments
- slabs
- superfluities
- bonanzas
- chunks
- overages
- lumps
- overmuch
- hunks
- superabundances
- oversupplies
- surfeits
- overabundances
- overkills
