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tinny

[ tin-ee ]

adjective

tinnier, tinniest.
  1. of or like tin.
  2. containing tin.
  3. lacking in timbre or resonance; sounding thin or twangy:

    a tinny piano.

  4. not strong or durable; flimsy; shoddy.
  5. having the taste of tin.


tinny

/ ˈ³Ùɪ²Ôɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling tin
  2. cheap, badly made, or shoddy
  3. (of a sound) high, thin, and metallic
  4. (of food or drink) flavoured with metal, as from a container
  5. informal.
    lucky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. slang.
    a can of beer
  2. informal.
    Alsotinnie a small fishing or pleasure boat with an aluminium hull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù¾±²Ô²Ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ³Ù¾±²Ô²Ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù¾±²Ôn¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ù¾±²Ôn¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tinny1

First recorded in 1545–55; tin + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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Then he makes this film that looks tinny, like bad TV.

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Beeping horns from the busy street outside — some of them coming from sleek black Uber vehicles emblazoned with the Berlinale logo — blended with the street scenes from “Taxi Driver†playing on the tinny television speakers.

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This is most evident on the sleepy “Crusader,†an ostensible rebuttal to recent moral panic that lacks — in large part because of its tinny percussion — urgency and bite.

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In the composition I was most excited about, I badly misjudged an important combination of instruments: A passage meant to sound sleekly metallic was merely tinny.

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“I'm a Minder Model 6800. The best there is,†the tinny voice answered.

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