tinny
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɪni/
:
metálico
- From inside the cockpit came the tinny sound of a radio playing Garth Brooks' latest jazz tune.
- tinny sound
Examples
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The festive music played through the tinny speakers sounded distant and lacked any depth.
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AM radio was supposed to have died off years ago due to its weak and tinny sound.
Academic text (2011) -
" I even heard it, weak and tinny, barely audible; such was the force of the rain.
Fiction book (1999) -
But Mussburger is listening to the tinny voice issuing from the phone.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Breathe!" I could hear Samantha say, her voice a tinny echo from the floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her voice sounded tinny and far away, like some angry alien munchkin.
Fiction book (1999) -
The old case clock on the mantelpiece told the hour in ten tinny chimes.
Fiction book (2000) -
We hear the distant sound of a woman's voice, tinny and indistinct.
Fiction book (1991) -
The rickety old upright is tinny-sounding and slightly out of tune.
Fiction book (2001) -
"We serve the ham-and-cheese on an oat bran croissant," the tinny intercom voice said.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
1
5.0
Making a light high ringing sound like small bells
A sound whose higher tones are not exact multiples of the main tone and that often sounds metallic
Not making echoes or long ringing sounds
A little weak in taste, sound, or argument
Antonyms
How Resonant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tinny comes from tin, a metal that makes a high, thin sound when you hit it, like the small bell sound 'tinkle'. So tinny describes a thin, metallic sound that lacks fullness.