English Explanatory Dictionary

TNT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene (an explosive substance used in blasting)
  2. Dynamite or any weak explosive.
  3. An illegal immigrant.
name
  1. Initialism of Turner Network Television, a U.S. television channel.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

TNT TNTs

Etymology

All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of Tagalog tago nang tago (literally “hide and hide”).

Derived words

TNT equivalent ton of TNT
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