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TNT

TNT noun: dynamite or any weak explosive. Also the abbreviation of trinitrotoluene.

Noun

TNT (plural TNTs)

  1. (informal, erroneous) Dynamite or any weak explosive.
  2. (Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant.
    • These illegal immigrants are popularly known as “TNTs,” or tago ng tago (literally, “hide and hide”). Some married American citizens to legalize their stay, while others paid for “green card” marriages.2009, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez, Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 24

Also used as

TNT is also the abbreviation of trinitrotoluene.

TNT is also the initialism of Turner Network Television.

Forms of TNT

pluralTNTs

Origin of TNT

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”).

Words formed from TNT

Phrases with TNT

Questions about TNT

What does TNT mean?
TNT means dynamite or any weak explosive.
What part of speech is TNT?
TNT is a noun.
What is the plural of TNT?
The plural of TNT is TNTs.

Words near TNT in the dictionary

  1. tnpk
  2. tnpks
  3. TNPL
  4. TNR
  5. TNs
  6. TNT
  7. TNT equivalent
  8. TNT equivalents
  9. TNTs
  10. TNVS
  11. TNW

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