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tintack

tintack noun: a short nail or tack coated with tin.

Noun

tintack (plural tintacks)

  1. A short nail or tack coated with tin.
  2. (UK) A drawing pin; thumbtack.

Verb

tintack (third-person singular simple present tintacks, present participle tintacking, simple past and past participle tintacked)

  1. (Cockney, slang) To sack; to fire from a job.

Forms of tintack

Noun
pluraltintacks
Verb
third-person singular presenttintacks
present participletintacking
past participletintacked
pasttintacked

Origin of tintack

From tin + tack.

Questions about tintack

What does tintack mean?
Tintack means a short nail or tack coated with tin.
What part of speech is tintack?
Tintack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tintack?
The plural of tintack is tintacks.

Words near tintack in the dictionary

  1. tinta
  2. tintability
  3. tintable
  4. tintabulation
  5. tintabulations
  6. tintack
  7. tintacked
  8. tintacks
  9. tintage
  10. Tintagel
  11. Tintaldra

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