Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tennies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: ten-nies
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Trainers, sneakers (sport shoes).

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"The Moore Brothers is a white-boys blues band almost stereotypical in its composition: an energetic, toothpick-chewing drummer; a scrawny, ascetic bass player who stood shorter than his upright bass; a clean-cut Charlie in polo shirt and tennies fingering some classic blues solos--sans painful facial expressions--and the leader, an Andy Renko sort singing and occasionally diddling on harp and keeping things fresh with a remarkable collection of esoteric blues standards."
"Baby Duffy's tennies, jeans, and polo shirt--each borrowed from the grown-up vocabulary for down time--are scaled small, colored bright, and retrofitted with patches at elbow and knee."
"In 1989 she performed a solo called Fame & Fortune in a pink Afro wig, a tutu, and tennies."

Etymology

Clipping of tennis shoe + -ie.

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

tennies pl . (canonical) tenny (singular)

Questions

What does tennies mean?: Trainers, sneakers (sport shoes).
Where does tennies come from?: Clipping of tennis shoe + -ie.

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