"TNT" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-TNT.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 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-ewH-K8Yx Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-TNT.wav [US] Forms: TNTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TNT (plural TNTs)
  1. Initialism of trinitrotoluene. (an explosive substance used in blasting) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: trinitrotoluene (extra: an explosive substance used in blasting)
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun-CGGsnJTK
  2. (informal) dynamite Tags: informal Categories (topical): Explosives
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun--415PFfI Disambiguation of Explosives: 14 18 49 19
  3. (Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant. Tags: Philippines, informal
    Sense id: en-TNT-en-noun-1UnUkCkS Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 15 4 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 17 3 62

Inflected forms

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