tinny

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪni/

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• Rhymes: -ɪni
• Hyphenation: tin‧ny

From tin +‎ -y.

tinny (comparative tinnier or more tinny, superlative tinniest or most tinny)

1. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.

   The object had a tinny appearance.

2. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.

   The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.

3. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

   The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny.

   • 2012, Mike Brent, Fiona Dent, The Leader's Guide to Influence:

     You might find yourself listening to the sound your car door makes when it shuts. Is it a cheap tinny sound or a strong clunky sound like the VW?

   • 2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604:

     The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility.

From tin +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

tinny (plural tinnies)

1. Alternative form of tinnie.

• Ninty