Word Finder - tinny

definition

Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.

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The object had a tinny appearance.

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

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The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.

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

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

The sound quality is really good, and has n't got tinny sound like some phones have.

Cheaper headsets have that tinny sound with no bass, or they are missing the 3D sound that's needed for gaming and music.

Mad distorted organ overloads atop a tinny drum beat whilst someone hollers about sailors.

I, apparently, sounded tinny and the person I was talking to was a little garbled, especially when they talked loudly.

Another character, Tinny Day, came with his huge steam-engines to thresh the grain and stack the straw.

Suddenly the lights dimmed and there was music, terrible insipid, tinny music.

Biggest problem is putting the mic where the sound is already tinny.

Return to menu Exploring timbre Mellow, tinny, blaring... each instrument has its own distinctive timbre, or tone color.

Audio quality, on the other hand, is rather tinny from the mono speaker.

Sound is well rounded, not too tinny or bassy and more importantly capable of getting quite a clear loud sound.

Similarly when knocked against a real brass check the fakes sound slightly tinny or higher pitched than would normally be expected.

Sound is good, a little tinny sometimes over the speakers, but pretty damn fine through headphones.

The speakers in a projector are normally so tinny that they can be disregarded and any use of audio will need to be augmented.

But with a heavy reliance on the drum machine to provide the backing, they sound a lot more tinny.

Extra light strings are easy to play and you can bend the notes easily but the guitar may sound tinny.

Return to menu Exploring Timbre Mellow, tinny, blaring... each instrument has its own distinctive timbre, or tone color.

The sound effects are also worth a mention, and are very authentic, for being pumped through a single tinny speaker.

First of all they spoke in silly, tinny voices and they could n't even go up stairs to get you.

Abba, I have to tell you, emerges from their tinny radios.

The speakers are on the tinny side, and the machine only sports two USB slots.

This time the sound was a hollow thud rather than the tinny clang of the saw.

Just about every online radio station is free and most computers these days have high quality speakers so that the music doesn't sound "tinny" while listening to it.