gnat's

English

Etymology

Shortened from various (often vulgar) phrases for parts of the anatomy of a gnat, a very tiny insect. These include gnat's arse/gnat's ass, gnat's chuff, gnat's prick, and gnat's whisker.

Noun

gnat's

1. (slang) A very tiny thing or distance; a whit; a jot; something of no consequence.
   • 2013, Catherine Robertson, The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes:

     The building project will be a gnat's away from being finished.

Anagrams

• 'ganst, Stang, Tangs, Tsang, angst, gnast, stang, tangs