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Definition of Tinny
1. Adjective. Of or containing tin.
2. Adjective. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Inferior
Derivative terms: Bum, Cheapness, Sleaze, Sleaziness
3. Adjective. Thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance. "An unpleasant tinny voice"
Definition of Tinny
1. a. Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.
Definition of Tinny
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. ¹
2. Adjective. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. ¹
3. Adjective. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tinny
1. of or resembling tin [adj -NIER, -NIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinny
Literary usage of Tinny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Go drive Lhe deer, and drag the tinny prey. Uf, up ! cries gluttony, 'tis break
of day ; ?:*,. ». A word of exhortation, exciting or rousing to action. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"... ling this to appear in one of your vated waste of tinny hundred acres, future
Numbers you will confer a but has lately been enclosed. favour on one who ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by House of Lords, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1855)
"... different (r^im immoral, tinny puritanical peuple here, would bold that a
clergyman smoking a cigar would be doing an act of great indecorum ; und there ..."
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