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Definition of skosh in English: skoshnoun skəʊʃskōSH US informal A small amount; a little. the car could do with a skosh more room in the back Example sentencesExamples - The market was down over 100 points several times today (but just a skosh) and wound up down 80.
- I'd almost say Cap… But DD has inched it out by the tiniest of skoshes.
- No problem, Natasha - in fact, if you can figure out a decent recipe in skoshes and pinches, I can deal with it.
- Wigfield was very funny last night, but the teeniest skosh of a disappointment (to me).
Origin 1950s: from Japanese sukoshi. Definition of skosh in US English: skoshnounskōSH US informal A small amount; a little. Example sentencesExamples - The market was down over 100 points several times today (but just a skosh) and wound up down 80.
- Wigfield was very funny last night, but the teeniest skosh of a disappointment (to me).
- No problem, Natasha - in fact, if you can figure out a decent recipe in skoshes and pinches, I can deal with it.
- I'd almost say Cap… But DD has inched it out by the tiniest of skoshes.
Phrases informal Somewhat; slightly. it's a skosh more formal than one might like Example sentencesExamples - But surely they could have found someone just a skosh more intimidating to play ‘Drake’ aka Dracula.
- Alec Baldwin looks a skosh too male-model handsome as the rough-and-tumble Robicheaux.
- But no matter how wonderful everything is, there's always one little thing that could have made things just a skosh more perfect, isn't there?
- It's a skosh more resonant than you'd expect, but still pretty thin and static.
- The transfer is of the same quality as the theatrical cut on the single-disc DVD, perhaps a skosh better.
- It was a skosh stressful, but very successful and productive on the work front.
- Having taken a skosh more love than he's made, Judge Steve Evans fears instant Karma is going to get him.
- And I'm just a skosh worried that taxing power to fund squirrel education or mollusk abatement programs might be added onto my ISP bill.
- Today I tried on my black slacks, and they are just a skosh too tight.
- It's a vertical row; I sort of needed it to be a skosh wider.
Origin 1950s: from Japanese sukoshi. |