tinnyadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪni/, U.S.

/ˈtɪni/

Etymology: < tin n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Consisting of, abounding in, or yielding tin; formerly also, Of tin, made of tin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > tin

tinny1552

stanniferous1823

stannified1855

tinnified1855

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > made of tin

tinnenc1000

tin1382

tinny1552

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tynny or of tynne, stanneus.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 231 Let this be kept in a Syluer, or Tynnie vessell.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L3 Dart, nigh chockt with sands of tinny mines.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea, that thrust into the tinny strand.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 419 Pale Tinny Oar, and Copper's brighter Vein.

1881 Standard 28 Oct. 1/2 The lode is six feet wide, and tinny throughout.

a. Like or resembling tin or that of tin; characteristic of tin; esp. of sounds; in Painting, hard, crude, metallic. Also applied dismissively to (a device which produces) sound of poor quality from which the lower frequencies are largely missing; cheaply contrived.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > tin-coloured (of mouth)

tinny1877

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic

brazen1596

wiry1609

metallic1821

tin pan1843

brassy1847

panny1869

tinny1877

trebly1970

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious

discordanta1425

jarring1552

dissonant1573

tuneless1595

discordous1597

immelodious1601

discord1606

absurd1617

unharmoniousa1634

scrannel1638

unmelodious1665

disharmonious1683

disharmonical1688

unharmonic1694

dissonous1715

inharmonious1715

disconsonant1731

anti-musical1824

ear-sore1859

tin-kettley1862

cacophonous1867

unnoted1867

callithumpian1886

tinny1904

crunchy1959

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > by quality of sound

softa1525

lofty1598

vocal1649

alto1802

contrabass1834

soprano1856

baritone1876

monophonous1878

tinny1904

sopranino1907

plinky1926

1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 379 Long tinny mouth [of a fish].

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 831/1 The tone tends towards a certain quality which may be described as ‘tinny’ or metallic.

1892 Sat. Rev. 21 May 597/2 We have accused Mr. Parsons of a hard tinny quality in colour and form.

1904 K. D. Wiggin Affair at Inn 177 She was sitting at the old tinny-sounding spinet.

1908 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 3/1 How tinny look Claude's landscapes in the room at the National Gallery.

1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 281/2 When the low notes are dropped out, the result is ‘tinny’—high-pitched, shrill, mechanical, lacking in body.

1933 A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 377 The particular nature of the device gives to the brevity something rather tinny, something (in an undesirable sense) artificial.

1980 G. Lancaster Seward's Folly vi. 66 A tinny radio was playing pop music.

b. Tasting or smelling of tin; tinged with tin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable

unsweetc1440

boisterous1483

untasty1566

untoothsome1576

twice sod1601

coarse1607

irrelishable1608

asper1626

insuave1657

untoward1662

physicala1665

asperous1670

unpalatable1682

woolly1687

inelegant1708

smoked1761

impalatable1782

brassy1789

soddena1800

metallic1800

inky1805

unsweetened1817

weedy1851

tinny1873

tangy1875

raw1881

unappetizing1884

twangy1887

stavy1888

toasty1890

soapy1892

stewy1895

gloppy1976

1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ii. 30 The cans gave the oysters a curious taste,—tinny, or was it more like solder?

1906 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 213/1 One of the pans in the dairy smelt suspiciously ‘tinny’.

3. slang. Having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]

richeOE

eadyOE

richfulc1300

plenteousc1350

wealthyc1380

wealthfula1400

wlouȝa1400

wellc1405

biga1425

goldedc1450

substantious1490

able1516

opulent?1518

substantive1543

strong1581

fat1611

juicy1627

fortuned1632

affluent1652

rhinocerical1688

rough1721

rowthy1792

golden1797

strong-handed1817

well-to-do1831

wealth-encumbered1844

nabobish1857

rhinoceral1860

ingoted1864

tinny1871

pocket-filled1886

oofy1896

nawabi1955

brewstered2001

1871 Punch 14 Oct. 160/2 There's heaps of tinny fellows who'll be awful glad to give.

4. Australian and New Zealand slang. Lucky. †on the tinny luck: by a lucky chance. Cf. tin-arsed adj. at tin n. Compounds 2, tin n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > specifically of a person

happya1387

lucky1478

well-starred1775

tinny1918

tin-arsed1937

the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck

arse upwardsc1600

in luck1752

on the tinny luck1918

quids in1919

1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 7 June 205/1 Remarks are heard on the ‘tinny’ luck.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 50 Tinny, lucky.

1947 I. Douglas Opportunity in Austral. 90 Tinny—lucky.

1951 D. W. Ballantyne in Landfall V. 168 And this one's yours, Edith. Hey, you're tinny, aren't you?

1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xvii. 229 He'll score because some people are tinny and always win.

1978 O. White Silent Reach xvii. 173 You'll have to be pretty tinny to pin down those blokes.

Derivatives

ˈtinnily adv. with a tinny sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > harsh and metallic

metallically1868

brassily1895

tinnily1927

1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 298 He had no sooner wished, than invisible someones came silently, blocked up the approach to Otter's lair, tinnily reported, ‘Entrance blocked securely’, and disappeared.

1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour iii. xiii. 133 A bell above my head rang tinnily.

1980 A. Desai Clear Light of Day iv. 171 Teacups clinked on the saucers, tinnily.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tinny
释义	tinnyadj. Brit. /ˈtɪni/, U.S. /ˈtɪni/ Etymology: < tin n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Consisting of, abounding in, or yielding tin; formerly also, Of tin, made of tin. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > tin tinny1552 stanniferous1823 stannified1855 tinnified1855 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > made of tin tinnenc1000 tin1382 tinny1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tynny or of tynne, stanneus. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 231 Let this be kept in a Syluer, or Tynnie vessell. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L3 Dart, nigh chockt with sands of tinny mines. View more context for this quotation 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 5 Those armes of Sea, that thrust into the tinny strand. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 419 Pale Tinny Oar, and Copper's brighter Vein. 1881 Standard 28 Oct. 1/2 The lode is six feet wide, and tinny throughout. 2. a. Like or resembling tin or that of tin; characteristic of tin; esp. of sounds; in Painting, hard, crude, metallic. Also applied dismissively to (a device which produces) sound of poor quality from which the lower frequencies are largely missing; cheaply contrived. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > tin-coloured (of mouth) tinny1877 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic brazen1596 wiry1609 metallic1821 tin pan1843 brassy1847 panny1869 tinny1877 trebly1970 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious discordanta1425 jarring1552 dissonant1573 tuneless1595 discordous1597 immelodious1601 discord1606 absurd1617 unharmoniousa1634 scrannel1638 unmelodious1665 disharmonious1683 disharmonical1688 unharmonic1694 dissonous1715 inharmonious1715 disconsonant1731 anti-musical1824 ear-sore1859 tin-kettley1862 cacophonous1867 unnoted1867 callithumpian1886 tinny1904 crunchy1959 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > by quality of sound softa1525 lofty1598 vocal1649 alto1802 contrabass1834 soprano1856 baritone1876 monophonous1878 tinny1904 sopranino1907 plinky1926 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 379 Long tinny mouth [of a fish]. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 831/1 The tone tends towards a certain quality which may be described as ‘tinny’ or metallic. 1892 Sat. Rev. 21 May 597/2 We have accused Mr. Parsons of a hard tinny quality in colour and form. 1904 K. D. Wiggin Affair at Inn 177 She was sitting at the old tinny-sounding spinet. 1908 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 3/1 How tinny look Claude's landscapes in the room at the National Gallery. 1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 281/2 When the low notes are dropped out, the result is ‘tinny’—high-pitched, shrill, mechanical, lacking in body. 1933 A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 377 The particular nature of the device gives to the brevity something rather tinny, something (in an undesirable sense) artificial. 1980 G. Lancaster Seward's Folly vi. 66 A tinny radio was playing pop music. b. Tasting or smelling of tin; tinged with tin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable unsweetc1440 boisterous1483 untasty1566 untoothsome1576 twice sod1601 coarse1607 irrelishable1608 asper1626 insuave1657 untoward1662 physicala1665 asperous1670 unpalatable1682 woolly1687 inelegant1708 smoked1761 impalatable1782 brassy1789 soddena1800 metallic1800 inky1805 unsweetened1817 weedy1851 tinny1873 tangy1875 raw1881 unappetizing1884 twangy1887 stavy1888 toasty1890 soapy1892 stewy1895 gloppy1976 1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ii. 30 The cans gave the oysters a curious taste,—tinny, or was it more like solder? 1906 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 213/1 One of the pans in the dairy smelt suspiciously ‘tinny’. 3. slang. Having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] richeOE eadyOE richfulc1300 plenteousc1350 wealthyc1380 wealthfula1400 wlouȝa1400 wellc1405 biga1425 goldedc1450 substantious1490 able1516 opulent?1518 substantive1543 strong1581 fat1611 juicy1627 fortuned1632 affluent1652 rhinocerical1688 rough1721 rowthy1792 golden1797 strong-handed1817 well-to-do1831 wealth-encumbered1844 nabobish1857 rhinoceral1860 ingoted1864 tinny1871 pocket-filled1886 oofy1896 nawabi1955 brewstered2001 1871 Punch 14 Oct. 160/2 There's heaps of tinny fellows who'll be awful glad to give. 4. Australian and New Zealand slang. Lucky. †on the tinny luck: by a lucky chance. Cf. tin-arsed adj. at tin n. Compounds 2, tin n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > specifically of a person happya1387 lucky1478 well-starred1775 tinny1918 tin-arsed1937 the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck arse upwardsc1600 in luck1752 on the tinny luck1918 quids in1919 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 7 June 205/1 Remarks are heard on the ‘tinny’ luck. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 50 Tinny, lucky. 1947 I. Douglas Opportunity in Austral. 90 Tinny—lucky. 1951 D. W. Ballantyne in Landfall V. 168 And this one's yours, Edith. Hey, you're tinny, aren't you? 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xvii. 229 He'll score because some people are tinny and always win. 1978 O. White Silent Reach xvii. 173 You'll have to be pretty tinny to pin down those blokes. Derivatives ˈtinnily adv. with a tinny sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > harsh and metallic metallically1868 brassily1895 tinnily1927 1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 298 He had no sooner wished, than invisible someones came silently, blocked up the approach to Otter's lair, tinnily reported, ‘Entrance blocked securely’, and disappeared. 1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour iii. xiii. 133 A bell above my head rang tinnily. 1980 A. Desai Clear Light of Day iv. 171 Teacups clinked on the saucers, tinnily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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