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Tinderella

Syllables: Tin·der·ell·aUK/ˌtɪndəˈɹɛlə//ˌtɪndɚˈɛlə/

Tinderella noun: a female user of the dating app Tinder, especially as a romantic connection or potential romantic connection of another user.

Noun

Tinderella (plural Tinderellas)

  1. (Internet) A female user of the dating app Tinder, especially as a romantic connection or potential romantic connection of another user.
    • If I couldn't even get a harmless little interview on Tinder, then how could any Tinderellas out there expect to get a date?2013 February, Melanie Stone, “New app not the answer to meeting someone special”, in The Daily Illini, volume 142, number 102,15, University of Illinois, page 4A
    • A bit like meeting on Tinder these days and awkwardly mumbling how you met your Tinderella.2014, Rebecca Dooley, "Peculiar pictorial pairings", The Courier (Newcastle University), Issue 1284, 10 February 2014, 10 February 2014, page 28

Forms of Tinderella

pluralTinderellas

Origin of Tinderella

Blend of Tinder + Cinderella.

Words that rhyme with Tinderella

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Tinderella

What does Tinderella mean?
Tinderella means a female user of the dating app Tinder, especially as a romantic connection or potential romantic connection of another user.
What part of speech is Tinderella?
Tinderella is a noun.
How do you pronounce Tinderella?
Tinderella is pronounced /ˌtɪndəˈɹɛlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of Tinderella?
The plural of Tinderella is Tinderellas.

Words near Tinderella in the dictionary

  1. tinder-box
  2. tinder-boxes
  3. tinderbox
  4. tinderboxes
  5. tindered
  6. Tinderella
  7. Tinderellas
  8. Tinderer
  9. Tinderers
  10. Tinderesque
  11. tindering

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