tintack

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noun

A short nail or tack coated with tin.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nountintack (plural tintacks)

plural tintacks

  1. A short nail or tack coated with tin.
  2. UKA drawing pin; thumbtack.
verbtintack (third-person singular simple present tintacks, present participle tintacking, simple past and past participle tintacked)

present singular third person tintacks · participle present tintacking · participle past tintacked · past tintacked

  1. CockneyslangTo sack; to fire from a job.

Origin

From tin + tack.

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Cite this entry
APA

tintack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tintack

MLA

“tintack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tintack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tintack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tintack.

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