tinny (redirected from tinniness)

tin·ny  (tn)

adj. tin·ni·er, tin·ni·est

1. Of, containing, or yielding tin.

2. Tasting or smelling of tin: tinny canned food.

3. Having a thin metallic sound: a high tinny voice.

4. Weak or thin; flimsy.

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tinni·ly adv.

tinni·ness n.

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tinny ¹

Adjective

[-nier, -niest]

1. (of a sound) high, thin, and metallic: the tinny sound of a transistor radio

2. cheap or shoddy: a tinny East European car

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tinny ²

Adjective

[-nier, -niest] Austral & NZ slang lucky

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tinny - of or containing tin
	2.	tinny - of very poor quality; flimsy cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, bum, sleazy, cheap colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality
	3.	tinny - thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice" metal, metallic - containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce

Translations

tinny [ˈtɪnɪ] adj [sound, taste] → metálico;

(pej) [car] → poco sólido, de pacotilla

tinny [ˈtɪnɪ] adj → métallique

tinny [ˈtɪnɪ] tin (pej) adj [sound] → blechern; [car etc] → Schrott-

tinny [ˈtɪnɪ] adj → metallico/a