skosh

Examples

• All

• The recipe calls for a skosh of pepper to enhance the flavor.

• This time Miss Pittipat's reflexes were just a skosh too slow to prevent the inevitable.

  Fiction book (1997)

• - I just would love to freshen up a skosh... - Shower?

  Spirited (2022)

• A skosh of mother's Myers's rum.

  Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

• And was that a skosh of cinnamon, Marilu?

  Camp Hideout (2023)

• Just a skosh more.

  Something to Talk About (1995)

• Agreed, I liked Dmitry's a skosh better than Christopher's as I thought it read better at a distance, but I still thought his design was great.

  Blog text (4)

• Cars 2 was proof that even John Lasseter can make a mistake—which actually makes me feel just a skosh better about the numerous ones I make on a day-to-day basis.

  Blog text (34)

• Can you give me a skosh of advice on how to improve my writing?

• She added just a skosh of cream to her coffee to make it richer.

Synonyms

S

smidge

vsskosh

• Informal

14 7.9

A very small amount of something

is a small amount but not necessarily barely noticeable

L

little

vsskosh

1 1.0

A very small amount or short time

focuses only on quantity and not on time or duration

T

tiddle

vsskosh

• UK

1 9.9

A very small amount of something

is a small amount without the dismissive or trivial tone

S

skerrick

vsskosh

• Irish

1 9.9

A very small amount of something that is almost none

is a small amount without implying missing or absent quantity

K

kinch

vsskosh

• Archaic

1 9.9

A very small piece or amount of something

is the common modern term for a small amount rather than dialectal

Antonyms

L

lot

∞ 1.0

A large amount of something

A

abundance

91 3.3

A large amount of something, more than you need

How Much

a lot

∞ 1.0

some

∞ 1.0

a little

∞ 1.0

skosh

• Informal

5 9.9

bit

∞ 1.0

trace

492 3.3

Surface Forms

Etymology