Definitions for tinny

tinny tin·ny

Spelling: [tin-ee]
IPA: /ˈtɪn i/

Tinny is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in tinny (innty).

Definitions for tinny

adjective

  1. of or like tin.
  2. containing tin.
  3. lacking in timbre or resonance; sounding thin or twangy:
  4. not strong or durable; flimsy; shoddy.
  5. having the taste of tin.

Origin of tinny

First recorded in 1545-55; tin + -y1

Examples for tinny

That's only a tinny sort of glitter just now, but you should see the moon rise over it.

A tinny voice said with formal cordiality that he did, indeed.

Against the scene a jazz band flung a whine and a stumble of tinny sounds.

The words were in English—the tinny, saw-cut English of the native-bred, and the chaplain jumped.

And when he tried to strike a sympathetic note with “people who are looking for work,” it came off as tinny and flat.

However, they love it, and the dismal piano beats a tinny accompaniment.

Beyond, the wired tennis-courts give forth a musical, tinny note when attacked.

People listen to it on tinny cellphone speakers that are entirely inferior to what they had in lo-tech times of yore.

The tinny voice said hastily that Lockley should speak to the general himself.

He listened attentively, heard something else, a tinny sound.

Word Value for tinny
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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