rinky-tinkadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋkɪtɪŋk/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋkiˌtɪŋk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: tink int.

Etymology: Reduplication (with variation of initial consonant and suffixation of the first element: see -y suffix⁶) of tink int. Compare earlier tink-a-tink at tink int., tinkle v.¹, tinkly adj., etc. Compare also earlier (in different sense) rinky-dink n.

slang (chiefly U.S.).

A. adj.

Having a simple, repetitive style and rhythm; spec. designating a tinkling, jangling style of piano music, or a piano playing this. Cf. ricky-tick adj.In quot. 1906: spec. designating a poet who writes simple, unimaginative poetry with a repetitive rhythm.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano

upright1795

overstrung1860

trichord1866

overstriking1880

understriking1880

tin-panny1885

rinky-tink1906

1906 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. (Saturday Bk. Review) 500/1 Some weeks ago I wrote to The Times what I deemed a mildly humorous plaint against the rinky-tink versifiers.

1943 Billboard 13 Feb. 22/3 Lyman's regular package of late-hour dance music was neither rowdy-dow nor even rinky-tink.

1958 Pop. Mech. Aug. 95/1 Adding the rinky-tink effect was a bit easier than rebuilding the action. He just stuck thumbtacks in hammers that hit the treble strings.

1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate ii. 34 A rinky-tink piano or a scratchy gramophone had its intoxicating effect upon her.

1993 W. Kinsella Dixon Cornbelt League (1994) 67 I'm riding down in another elevator to a rinky-tink version of ‘Red River Valley’.

2005 J. Dunning Sign of Bk. vii. 55 An old-style rinky-tink piano.

B. n.

1. A piano that plays rinky-tink music, esp. one that has been adapted to produce a tinkling, jangling sound. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano

grand pianoforte1784

square pianoforte1787

grand piano1795

cottage pianoforte1816

cottage piano1824

table piano1827

table pianoforte1827

tin kettle1827

grand1830

piccolo1831

Broadwood1832

semi-grand1835

pianino1848

cottage1850

square piano1853

street piano1855

upright1860

pianette1862

digitorium1866

Steinway1875

baby grand1879

square1882

tin pan1882

honky-tonk piano1934

minipiano1934

spinet1936

prepared piano1940

ravalement1959

rinky-tink1961

miniature1974

Mozart piano1980

1961 M. Terry Old Liberty 39 Who would ever suspect he would be the one..to bang on that old rinky-tink and shout out about that Indian maid?

2. Rinky-tink music or rhythm.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > other general types

country music1585

water musicc1660

concert music1776

eye music1812

ballet music1813

night music1832

absolute music1856

Tafelmusik1880

Ars Antiqua1886

Ars Nova1886

early music1886

tone poetry1890

mood music1922

Gebrauchsmusik1930

shake music1935

modernistic1938

industrial1942

spasm music1943

musica reservata1944

protest music1949

night music1950

palm court music1958

title music1960

bottleneck guitar1961

rinky-tink1962

Schrammel-musik1967

sweet music1967

chutney1968

roots music1969

electronica1980

multiphonics1983

chutney soca1987

chiptune1992

1962 Billboard Music Week 20 Oct. 56 The rinky-tink playing music maker [sc. the Vianola] was patented in 1912.

1982 M. Miller Politics of Town Planning 121 I'm not going up there and playing all that rinky tink, the Carmen Cavallero stuff.

1991 D. M. Rothschild Picasso's Parade 87/2 Rinky-tink and..sentimental melodies standard for circus, fairground, and variety-show music.

2003 J. F. Boylan She's not There 52 I was pretty good at playing rinky-tink.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rinky-tink
释义	rinky-tinkadj.n. Brit. /ˈrɪŋkɪtɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋkiˌtɪŋk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: tink int. Etymology: Reduplication (with variation of initial consonant and suffixation of the first element: see -y suffix⁶) of tink int. Compare earlier tink-a-tink at tink int., tinkle v.¹, tinkly adj., etc. Compare also earlier (in different sense) rinky-dink n. slang (chiefly U.S.). A. adj. Having a simple, repetitive style and rhythm; spec. designating a tinkling, jangling style of piano music, or a piano playing this. Cf. ricky-tick adj.In quot. 1906: spec. designating a poet who writes simple, unimaginative poetry with a repetitive rhythm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano upright1795 overstrung1860 trichord1866 overstriking1880 understriking1880 tin-panny1885 rinky-tink1906 1906 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. (Saturday Bk. Review) 500/1 Some weeks ago I wrote to The Times what I deemed a mildly humorous plaint against the rinky-tink versifiers. 1943 Billboard 13 Feb. 22/3 Lyman's regular package of late-hour dance music was neither rowdy-dow nor even rinky-tink. 1958 Pop. Mech. Aug. 95/1 Adding the rinky-tink effect was a bit easier than rebuilding the action. He just stuck thumbtacks in hammers that hit the treble strings. 1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate ii. 34 A rinky-tink piano or a scratchy gramophone had its intoxicating effect upon her. 1993 W. Kinsella Dixon Cornbelt League (1994) 67 I'm riding down in another elevator to a rinky-tink version of ‘Red River Valley’. 2005 J. Dunning Sign of Bk. vii. 55 An old-style rinky-tink piano. B. n. 1. A piano that plays rinky-tink music, esp. one that has been adapted to produce a tinkling, jangling sound. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano grand pianoforte1784 square pianoforte1787 grand piano1795 cottage pianoforte1816 cottage piano1824 table piano1827 table pianoforte1827 tin kettle1827 grand1830 piccolo1831 Broadwood1832 semi-grand1835 pianino1848 cottage1850 square piano1853 street piano1855 upright1860 pianette1862 digitorium1866 Steinway1875 baby grand1879 square1882 tin pan1882 honky-tonk piano1934 minipiano1934 spinet1936 prepared piano1940 ravalement1959 rinky-tink1961 miniature1974 Mozart piano1980 1961 M. Terry Old Liberty 39 Who would ever suspect he would be the one..to bang on that old rinky-tink and shout out about that Indian maid? 2. Rinky-tink music or rhythm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > other general types country music1585 water musicc1660 concert music1776 eye music1812 ballet music1813 night music1832 absolute music1856 Tafelmusik1880 Ars Antiqua1886 Ars Nova1886 early music1886 tone poetry1890 mood music1922 Gebrauchsmusik1930 shake music1935 modernistic1938 industrial1942 spasm music1943 musica reservata1944 protest music1949 night music1950 palm court music1958 title music1960 bottleneck guitar1961 rinky-tink1962 Schrammel-musik1967 sweet music1967 chutney1968 roots music1969 electronica1980 multiphonics1983 chutney soca1987 chiptune1992 1962 Billboard Music Week 20 Oct. 56 The rinky-tink playing music maker [sc. the Vianola] was patented in 1912. 1982 M. Miller Politics of Town Planning 121 I'm not going up there and playing all that rinky tink, the Carmen Cavallero stuff. 1991 D. M. Rothschild Picasso's Parade 87/2 Rinky-tink and..sentimental melodies standard for circus, fairground, and variety-show music. 2003 J. F. Boylan She's not There 52 I was pretty good at playing rinky-tink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1906
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