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Definition of smidgen in English: smidgen(also smidgeon, smidgin) noun ˈsmɪdʒɪnˈsmɪdʒɪn informal A small amount of something. 〈非正式〉一点点 加一点（红）辣椒（粉）。 Example sentencesExamples - Though made from an odd array of ingredients including a smidgen of potato flour, they did taste vaguely like French fries.
- She used the curvature of the chip to hold a smidgen of salsa.
- Jake White's Springboks played almost as well as the Australians really, lacking only a smidgeon of dash in the final 15-20 minutes.
- Give people exactly what they remember a genre is all about, add a smidgeon of irony/contemporary cultural reference to taste, count the money.
- Anybody with a smidgin of web sense will instantly spot that as an urban legend.
Synonyms small portion, small piece, piece, portion, segment, section, part
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense. Definition of smidgen in US English: smidgen(also smidgin, smidgeon) nounˈsmɪdʒɪnˈsmijin informal A small amount of something. 〈非正式〉一点点 加一点（红）辣椒（粉）。 Example sentencesExamples - Give people exactly what they remember a genre is all about, add a smidgeon of irony/contemporary cultural reference to taste, count the money.
- Though made from an odd array of ingredients including a smidgen of potato flour, they did taste vaguely like French fries.
- Jake White's Springboks played almost as well as the Australians really, lacking only a smidgeon of dash in the final 15-20 minutes.
- She used the curvature of the chip to hold a smidgen of salsa.
- Anybody with a smidgin of web sense will instantly spot that as an urban legend.
Synonyms small portion, small piece, piece, portion, segment, section, part
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense. |