TNT

Meaning

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene (an explosive substance used in blasting)
2. (informal) Dynamite.
3. (Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant.

Name

Initialism of Turner Network Television, a U.S. television channel.

Synonyms

trinitrotoluene

dynamite

trinitrotoluol

trotyl

explosive powder

trilite

tritone

trinol

tritol

tolite

2,4,6-trinitromethylbenzene

tritolo

trotol

ammonal

2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene

gunpowder

triton

trinitrotoluen

Translations

TNT

TNT

TNT

trinitrotoluène

tritolo

TNT

Trinitrotoluol

trinitrotolueno

TNT

trinitrotoluene

dinamite

trinitrotoluè

dynamite

Dynamit

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”).