TNT
noun
TNT is spelled T-N-T: 3 letters. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, TNT means “Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene (an explosive substance used in blasting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of TNT is TNTs.
How many letters and syllables are in TNT?
| Letters | 3: T-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is TNT?
TNT appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce TNT?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-TNT.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of TNT
- TNTs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does TNT mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene (an explosive substance used in blasting)
- 2
informalDynamite or any weak explosive.
- 3
informalAn illegal immigrant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does TNT come from?
All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of Tagalog tago nang tago (literally “hide and hide”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).