tinny
Plural: tinnies
Adjective
- Resembling tin, especially in a thin, metallic sound.
- of or containing tin
Adjective Satellite
- of very poor quality; flimsy
- thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance
- "an unpleasant tinny voice"
Adj
- 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.
Noun
- Alternative form of tinnie.
Examples
- The cheap speakers made the game’s background music sound rather TINNY.
- The object had a tinny appearance.
- The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny.
- The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.
Origin / Etymology
From tin + -y.
Scrabble Score: 8
tinny: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtinny: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tinny: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
tinny: valid Words With Friends Word