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tinge
English
Etymology
The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of ting? (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t?n(d)?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?
Noun
tinge (plural tinges)
- A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
- Synonyms: tincture, teint, (the latter two obsolete) teinture
- The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
Translations
Verb
tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)
- (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- Synonym: tinct
- (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
- (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- tinged (adjective)
- tingent (archaic)
- untinged
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Teign, get in, get-in
Italian
Verb
tinge
- third-person singular present indicative of tingere
Anagrams
- genti, tigne
Latin
Verb
tinge
- second-person singular present active imperative of ting?
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tinga (a-infinitive)
Etymology
From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?.
Verb
tinge (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative ting)
- (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on
- Synonym: bestille
- to subscribe (to a publication)
- Synonym: abonnere
- to negotiate
Derived terms
- tingar
- tinge på
- tinging
Related terms
- ting
References
- “tinge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- eting, ginet, geint, ginte, tigne
Portuguese
Verb
tinge
- third-person singular present indicative of tingir
Spanish
Noun
tinge m (plural tinges)
- Eurasian eagle owl
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whiff
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /w?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
whiff (plural whiffs)
- A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
- An odour carried briefly through the air
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2
- A whiff of rotten eggs had vanquished the pale clouded yellows which came pelting across the orchard and up Dods Hill and away on to the moor […]
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- (figuratively) A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
- 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [1]
- This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long—the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.
- 2012, Frank Underwood, House of Cards
- I can tell you first-hand that we are dealing with a regime that is not being forthright and will seize upon the faintest whiff of trepidation. This is a test to see how far they can push us before we breake.
- 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [1]
- (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
- (golf) An attempted shot that completely misses the ball.
- The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
Derived terms
- anglefin whiff
- horned whiff
- sand whiff
- Veracruz whiff
- whiffy
Synonyms
- (a movement of air): puff, waft
- (a brief odour): sniff
Translations
Verb
whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
- (transitive) To waft; to throw out in whiffs.
- 1918, Charles Wellington Furlong, "Climbing the Shoulders of Atlas", in Harper's Monthly Magazine, page 433:
- […] to face the same bitter, westerly wind which searched our marrow as it tore over the world. It whiffed by us steam and sulphurous vapors from the caldron […]
- 1918, Charles Wellington Furlong, "Climbing the Shoulders of Atlas", in Harper's Monthly Magazine, page 433:
- To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
- 1620, Ben Jonson, News from the New World Discovered in the Moon
- Old Empedocles, […] who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whift him up into the moon.
- 1620, Ben Jonson, News from the New World Discovered in the Moon
- (colloquial) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- (transitive) To sniff.
- 1891, "A Grain of Gold", in The Arena, page 631:
- [He], going farther away, whiffed at the pleasant odor of the grape blooms, waved his hand to the roses, in farewell, perhaps, lifted his face […]
- 1891, "A Grain of Gold", in The Arena, page 631:
- To consume in whiffs; to puff.
- 1914, Eva Emery Dye, The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, page 90:
- There was silence as they whiffed at the council pipes. Then a tall chief arose and glanced at the handful of whites and at his own three hundred along the walls of the council house.
- 1914, Eva Emery Dye, The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark, page 90:
- To miss:
- (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
- (golf) To miss the ball completely.
- (slang) To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
- (slang) To fail spectacularly at a task.
- (slang, dated, transitive) To kill; to assassinate.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- The trouble is he wasn't alone when you whiffed him.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
Translations
Adjective
whiff (comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)
- (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking
- Whoo boy that gear oil is pretty whiff. If you actually do this, spend the extra money for the synthetic gear oil as it will not have as bad a sulfur stink as the regular stuff.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking
Translations
Derived terms
- whiffle
Etymology 2
Related to whip.
Verb
whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
- To fish with a handline.
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