"skosh" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skoʊʃ/ [General-American], /skɑʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-skosh.ogg Forms: skoshes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊʃ, -ɒʃ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|少し||a little bit|tr=sukoshi}} Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} skosh (plural skoshes)
  1. (informal) A tiny amount; a little bit. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "skosh"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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