skosh

Related to skosh: skoosh

a skosh

slang Only a little bit; a very small amount. Derived from the Japanese word sukoshi, meaning the same thing. Pronounced with a long O sound, as in "potion." Primarily heard in US. Adjust the mirror a skosh to the right. A: "Would you like some more wine?" B: "Just a skosh, thanks!
See also: skosh
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

skosh

mod. a bit more. Move down a skosh so I can sit down.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a skosh
  • jot
  • jot and tittle
  • jot or tittle
  • blow to smithereens
  • blow(n) to smithereens
  • blow, smash, etc. something to smithereens
  • smithereen
  • palm oil
  • palm-oil
References in periodicals archive
So if the study is right and men are just a skosh more funny, why might that be?
Maybe the rain has eased back just a skosh, or maybe the opposite is true; a real storm is plowing in off the Pacific and we want to watch.
had OK 2004 newspaper results but bang-up educational division numbers, while Belo's 2005 newspaper numbers were also only up a skosh.
Risk is one week a scientist, the next an entrepreneur, the next a public relations representative, the next a school teacher, the next a retiree who appears a skosh inebriated.
With the toxic inspection completed, we could now focus on an area where I knew I would be a skosh more environmentally on target: groceries!
Skosh Micklegate, York Position 81 A new restaurant on the list this year.
The stars are quite similar in hue, the primary deep yellow while the companion shades a skosh more toward yellow-orange.
It's yet another lesson for the broadcasters: Chasing the success of big cable series like HBO's "Game of Thrones" by copying their aesthetic, then watering it down a skosh to comply with Standards and Practices, just doesn't work. "Of Kings and Prophets" was designed to be ABC's answer to HBO's "Game of Thrones" while also perhaps picking up some of the big (for cable) audience that loved the History Channel's "The Bible" miniseries in 2013.
Mumbo Gumbo is a couple of chick vocalist/songwriters, Chris Webster and Tracy Walton, backed up by a bunch of guys (Lynn Michael Palmer, Rick Lotter, Steve Stizzo, Billy Fairfield, and Reggy Marks-plus others as the song requires or the mood fits), who play a blistering, energetic, melange of All American rock: a little N'awlins boogie, a dash of Philly soul, a skosh of Memphis blues, a lovin' spoonful of Texas swing ...
Stanley enjoyed his dog, Skosh, gardening, and ponies he raised.
c.) Vernon Jordan, on realizing that his tailor left the cuffs on the new Turnbull & Asser a skosh long;
Skosh serves food as snacks or small plates which delivers a new concept to a contemporary dining experience.
At 213x the galaxy looks a bit oval and 1 1/4' long, but the center is a skosh brighter and roundish.
Stone's writing is also in step with '70s soul, a lot of baby, baby, babies and a skosh of righteous strut.
Because 4x4s can vary in size, you may need a skosh more width of cedar to cover the post than shown in Fig.