1. A very condensed quantity or portion of something: A smidgen is commonly used to indicate measures for small amounts that include tad, dash, pinch, and drops; however, there seems to be some consensus of tad being the largest in this set and smidgen being larger than a drop but smaller than a pinch.
2. A tiny bit: Irene told the waiter in the restaurant that she just wanted a smidgen of ice cream with the cake for her desert.

The maid cleaned Ken's house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left.
3. Etymology: from Scottish smitch, "a stain, a speck; an insignificant size or amount of something."

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