tinny
IPA: tˈɪni
noun
- Alternative form of tinnie [(Australia, slang) A can of beer.]
adjective
- Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
- Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.
- Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.
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Examples of "tinny" in Sentences
- Keg beer does indeed taste tinny.
- The connection is tinny and echoing.
- The sound is tinny and there's a lot of crackle.
- The sound with mine is tinny even with earphones.
- He smelled kind of tinny like metal, like men smell.
- And it is definately not 'always' sold at a tinny house.
- It also has a picture of a steamroller and one of a tinny.
- I thought they might be tiny tinny sheriff's badge type things.
- Geraint played a 'roundback' guitar with a distinctive tinny edge.
- They were tinny and quirky, obsessive and manic, versatile and productive.
- The American characters are rather "tinny" in the book, but they could have easily have been English, were it still colonial times.
- Turning it off makes the music almost tinny, which is odd. boo i thought we were going to see a video of some one going base jumping haha
- "Speed and cannabis are available at what are commonly known as a tinny houses and we impact on the drug market by targeting those tinny houses."
- We have rented a flat in Cannaregio in late April and have no idea about laws as to mooring, but even to rent a dinghy (aka a tinny where I come from) for a day would be bliss.
- The quality of Buck's voice, which can be described as tinny, raspy, kind of like he has a piece of sandpaper caught in his throat, has not affected the content of his play-by-play stylings.
- If Fonseka who seems keen to craft militarism into his campaign, demonstrated what can only be called tinny headed thinking in his reference to a tin-pot dictatorship in Sri Lanka, he has shown that his knowledge of the record of great military leaders of the recent past is vastly lacking in accuracy, as is his knowledge of history.