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tin·ny

(tĭn′ē)

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.

tin′ni·ly adv.

tin′ni·ness n.

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tinny

(ˈtɪnɪ)

adj, -nier or -niest

1. of, relating to, or resembling tin

2. cheap, badly made, or shoddy

3. (of a sound) high, thin, and metallic

4. (Cookery) (of food or drink) flavoured with metal, as from a container

5. informal Austral lucky

n, pl -nies

6. slang Austral a can of beer

7. (Nautical Terms) informal Also: tinnie Austral a small fishing or pleasure boat with an aluminium hull

ˈtinnily adv

ˈtinniness n

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tin•ny

(ˈtɪn i)

adj. -ni•er, -ni•est.

1. of or like tin.

2. containing tin.

3. lacking in timbre or resonance: a tinny piano.

4. flimsy.

5. tasting of tin.

[1545–55]

tin′ni•ly, adv.

tin′ni•ness, n.

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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

tinny

adjective

1. jangling, thin, metallic, jingling, jangly, jingly, plinky the tinny sound of a radio playing a pop song

2. flimsy, cheap, thin, inferior, shoddy, poor-quality, low-grade, tawdry, trashy, insubstantial, gimcrack, rubbishy, jerry-built, cheapjack a cheap car with tinny bodywork

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Translations

metallico

tinny

[ˈtɪnɪ] ADJ (tinnier (compar) (tinniest (superl)))

1. (= metallic) [sound] → metálico; [taste] → que sabe a lata

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tinny

[ˈtɪni] adj [sound] → métalliquetin-opener tin opener [ˈtɪnəʊpənə^r] n (British) → ouvre-boîte m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tinny

adj (+er) sound → blechern; instrument → blechern klingend; taste → nach Blech; (pej) typewriter etc → schäbig; these cars are so tinny → diese Autos bestehen fast nur aus Blech

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tinny

[ˈtɪnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (metallic, sound) → metallico/a (pej) (car, machine) → che sembra di latta

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