Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 44
Tink (n.) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
Tink (v.) Make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink].
Compare: Silversides
Silversides (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
Brook silversides (Zool.), A small fresh-water North American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
Tinker (n.) A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." -- Piers Plowman.
Tinker (n.) One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
Tinker (n.) (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
Tinker (n.) (Zool.) A young mackerel about two years old.
Tinker (n.) (Zool.) The chub mackerel.
Tinker (n.) (Zool.) The silversides.
Tinker (n.) (Zool.) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinker (n.) (Zool.) The razor-billed auk.
Tinkered (imp. & p. p.) of Tinker.
Tinkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinker.
Tinker (v. t.) To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
Tinker (v. i.) To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
Tinker (n.) A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts [syn: tinker, tinkerer].
Tinker (n.) Formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living.
Tinker (n.) Small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicus].
Tinker (v.) Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around].
Tinker (v.) Work as a tinker or tinkerer.
Tinker (v.) Try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" [syn: tinker, fiddle].
Tinkering (n.) The act or work of a tinker. [R.]
Tinkerly (a.) After the manner of a tinker. [R.] Tinkershire
Tinkershire (n.) Alt. of Tinkle.
Tinkle (n.) (Zool.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinkle (v. i.) To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. -- 1 Cor. xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. -- Dodsley.
Tinkle (v. i.) To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. -- Dryden.
Tinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Tinkle.
Tinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinkle.
Tinkle (v. t.) To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tinkle (n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. -- Cowper.
Tinkle (n.) A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: ting, tinkle].
Tinkle (v.) Make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink].
Tinkler (n.) A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinkling (n.) A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. -- Gray.
Tinkling (n.) (Zool.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
Tinkling (a.) Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkling, tinkly].
Tinmen (n. pl. ) of Tinman.
Tinman (n.) A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
Tinman, () The third of the series of DoD requirements that led to Ada. Written by HOLWG, DoD, Jan 1976.
See Strawman, Woodenman, Ironman, Steelman. (1976-01-01)
Tinmouth (n.) (Zool.) The crappie. [U. S.]
Tinned (a.) Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.
Tinned (a.) Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats. -- Cassell (Dict. of Cookery).
Tinned (a.) Sealed in a can or jar [syn: canned, tinned].
Tinnen (a.) Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]
Tinner (n.) One who works in a tin mine.
Tinner (n.) One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
Tinner (n.) Someone who makes or repairs tinware [syn: tinsmith, tinner].
Tinnient (a.) Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.]
Tinning (n.) The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.
Tinning (n.) The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
Tinning (n.) The application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them; "careful tinning of the ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder them."
Tinning (n.) The application of a protective layer of tin [syn: tinning, tin-plating].
Tinnitus (n.) (Med.) A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.
Tinnitus (n.) A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease.
Tinnock (n.) (Zool.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinny (a.) Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. "The tinny strand." -- Drayton.
Tinny (a.) Of or containing tin.
Tinny (a.) Of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny].
Tinny (a.) Thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice."
Tinsel (n.) A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold? -- Dryden.
Tinsel (n.) Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
O happy peasant! O unhappy bard!
His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. -- Cowper.
Tinsel (a.) Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." -- Milton.
Tinseled (imp. & p. p.) of Tinsel.
Tinselled () of Tinsel.
Tinseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinsel.
Tinselling () of Tinsel.
Tinsel (v. t.) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. -- Pope.
Tinsel (n.) A showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion."
Tinsel (n.) A thread with glittering metal foil attached.
Tinsel (v.) Impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood."
Tinsel (v.) Adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees."
Tinsel (v.) Interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet."
Tinselly (a.) Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.
Tinselly (adv.) In a showy and cheap manner.
Tinselly (a.) Glittering with gold or silver [syn: clinquant, tinseled, tinselly].
Tinsmith (n.) One who works in tin; a tinner.
Tinsmith (n.) Someone who makes or repairs tinware [syn: tinsmith, tinner].
Tinstone (n.) (Min.) Cassiterite.
Tint (n.) A slight coloring. Specifically:
Tint (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. -- Pope.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. -- Harte.
Tint (n.) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Tint (n.) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Tint tool (Eng.), A species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tinted (imp. & p. p.) of Tint.
Tinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tint.
Tint (v. t.) To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Tint (n.) A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone].
Tint (v.) Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct, tinge, touch].
Hue
Tint
(Or "tint") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the frequency of light or the position in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red, green and blue. Hue corresponds to the common definition of colour, e.g. "red", "orange", "violet" etc. The other coordinates are saturation and brightness. (1999-07-05)
TINT, () Interpreted version of JOVIAL. [Sammet 1969, p. 528].
Tintamar (n.) A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Tinternell (n.) A certain old dance. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Tintle (n.) The wren.
Tintinnabular (a.) Alt. of Tintinnabulary.
Tintinnabulary (a.) Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
Tintinnabulation (n.) A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. -- Poe.
Tintinnabulation (n.) The sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"-- E. A. Poe [syn: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation].
Tintinnabulous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. -- De Quincey.
Tinto (n.) A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
Tintype (n.) Same as Ferrotype.
Tinware (n.) Articles made of tinned iron.
Tinware (n.) Articles of commerce made of tin plate.
Tiny (a.) 極小的；微小的 Very small; little; puny.
When that I was and a little tiny boy. -- Shak.
Compare: Puny
Puny (a.) 微小的；弱小的；次要的 Small and weak.
‘White-faced, puny children.’
Puny (a.) Poor in quality, amount, or size.
‘The army was reduced to a puny 100,000 men.’
Tiny (a.) Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck].
Compare: Lilliputian
Lilliputian (a.) 小人國的；小的 Trivial or very small.
‘America's banks look Lilliputian in comparison with Japan's.’
Lilliputian (n.) 小人國的人；侏儒 A trivial or very small person or thing.
Compare: Trivial
Trivial (a.) 瑣細的；不重要的；無價值的；淺薄的；無能的；輕浮的；【古】普通的，平凡的 Of little value or importance.
‘Huge fines were imposed for trivial offences.’
‘Trivial details.’
Trivial (a.) (Of a person) Concerned only with petty things.
Trivial (a.) [Mathematics] Denoting a subgroup that either contains only the identity element or is identical with the given group.
Trivially (adv.); Trivialness (n.) à Trivial (a.)
Compare: Aetiology
Aetiology (n.) The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things; etiology. AS
Aetiology (n.) The assignment of a cause.
Aetiology (n.) (Med.) The cause or origin of a disease. Now more commonly written etiology.
Compare: Etiology
Etiology (n.) The science of causes. Same as aetiology.
Compare: Aetiology
Aetiology; Etiology (n.) [Mass noun] [Medicine ] (US Etiology) 病原學 The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
‘The importance of sunlight in the aetiology of melanoma.’
[Count noun] ‘A group of distinct diseases with different aetiologies.’
Aetiology; Etiology (n.) [Mass noun] [Medicine ] (US Etiology) The causation of diseases and disorders as a subject of investigation.
Aetiology; Etiology (n.) [Mass noun] The investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often expressed in terms of historical or mythical explanation.
Tip (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
Tip (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
Tip (n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tipped (imp. & p. p.) of Tip.
Tipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tip.
Tip (v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipped with iron head. -- Hudibras.
Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. -- Thomson.
Tip (v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow. -- Swift.
Tip (v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Tip (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, To pour out, as liquor.
To tip over, To overturn.
To tip the wink, To direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] -- Pope.
To tip up, To turn partly over by raising one end.
Tip (v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side. -- Bunyan.
To tip off, To fall off by tipping.
Tip (n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.
Tip (n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
Tip (n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Tip (n.) The extreme end of something; especially something pointed.
Tip (n.) A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh].
Tip (n.) An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint].
Tip (n.) A V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak].
Tip (n.) The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit].
Tip (v.) Cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward."
Tip (v.) Mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone."
Tip (v.) Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung].
Tip (v.) Cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip].
Tip (v.) To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle].
Tip (v.) Walk on one's toes [syn: tiptoe, tip, tippytoe].
Tip (v.) Strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap, tip].
Tip (v.) Give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" [syn: tip off, tip].
Tip (v.) Remove the tip from; "tip artichokes."
TIP, () Terminal Interface Processor (ARPANET).
TIP, () Transputer Image Processing.
TIP, () Texas Instruments Pascal.
TIP, () A Unix program for interactive communication via serial lines.
Unix manual page: tip(1).
Tipcart (n.) A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.
Tipcat (n.) A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. -- Macaulay.
Tipper (n.) A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [Eng.]
Tipper (n.) A person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper."
Tipper (n.) Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity [syn: dump truck, dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper].
Tippet (n.) A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material. -- Chaucer. Bacon.
Tippet (n.) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]
Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Tippet grebe (Zool.), The great crested grebe, or one of several similar species.
Tippet grouse (Zool.), The ruffed grouse.
To turn tippet, To change. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Tippet (n.) A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten.
Tipping (n.) (Mus.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
Tippled (imp. & p. p.) of Tipple.
Tippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tipple.
Tipple (v. i.) To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets. -- Macaulay.
Tipple (v. t.) To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. -- Dryden.
Tipple (v. t.) To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Tipple (n.) Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. -- S. B. Griffin.
Tipple (n.) An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.
Tipple (n.) A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" [syn: draft, draught, potation, tipple].
Tipple (v.) Drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac" [syn: tipple, bib].
Tippled (a.) Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] -- Dryden.
Tippler (n.) One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] -- Latimer.