"TNT" meaning in English

See TNT in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-TNT.wav
Etymology: All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of the Tagalog phrase, tago nang tago (literally, “hide and hide”). Head templates: {{en-prop}} TNT
  1. Initialism of Turner Network Television, a U.S. television channel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Turner Network Television (extra: a U.S. television channel.)
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-name-~Vgon-Vj Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 5 10 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 57 4 10 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 3 7 31

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-TNT.wav Forms: TNTs [plural]
Etymology: All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of the Tagalog phrase, tago nang tago (literally, “hide and hide”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} TNT (plural TNTs)
  1. Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene. (an explosive substance used in blasting) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: trinitrotoluene (extra: an explosive substance used in blasting)
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun-en:trinitrotoluene
  2. (informal) Dynamite. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Explosives
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun-en:trinitrotoluene_or_dynamite__loosely Disambiguation of Explosives: 22 14 57 7
  3. (Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant. Tags: Philippines, informal
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun-en:illegal_immigrant__tago_nang_tago Categories (other): Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: TNT equivalent, ton of TNT

Inflected forms

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