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tonni — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gee intj An exclamation of surprise, frustration, or mild emphasis.
  • grand adj Impressively large, important, or magnificent.
  • ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).

Senses

tonni is used for these senses in English:

  • gee (slang) Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars.
  • grand (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
  • metric ton (chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
  • ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:

gee — full definition

  1. intj An exclamation of surprise, frustration, or mild emphasis.
  2. verb To direct a horse or draft animal to turn or move forward.

grand — full definition

  1. adj Impressively large, important, or magnificent.
  2. adj Excellent or wonderful (informal, especially in Irish and British English).
  3. noun Informal term for a thousand units of currency, such as dollars or pounds.
  4. noun Short for grand piano.

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