tin can

Definitions

1. A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
2. A destroyer.
   slang
3. An inexpensive car.
   slang
4. A motor home or trailer.
   slang
5. A metal spaceship or space station.
   slang
6. A nickname for a robot or artificial intelligence.
   derogatory, informal, sometimes

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةعُبُوَّةُ الصَّفِيحعُلْبَةُ الصَّفِيح

Беларускаябляшанка

Bosanskilimenkaбанкалименка

Češtinaplechovka

Ελληνικάκονσέρβακονσερβοκούτι

Suomipeltitölkkitölkki

Galegolata

Hrvatskilimenkaбанкалименка

Italianobarattololattina

日本語缶罐罐詰め

ភាសាខ្មែរកំប៉ង់កំប៉ុង

한국어깡통캔

ລາວກະປ່ອງ

Македонскилименка

Nederlandsconservenblik

Polskipuszka

Românăconservă

Русскийбанкажестянкаконсе́рваконсервная банка+ 1 more

Slovenčinaplechovka

Slovenščinapločevinka

Српскиlimenkaбанкалименка

Svenskakonservburk

ไทยกระป๋องปีบ

Українськабляша́нкаконсерваконсе́рвна ба́нка

Tiếng Việtlon thiếcống bơ

Examples

“As the tin can sailors started telling us what they thought of AKA sailors, which they said were inferior seamen habing to serve⟳ aboard an auxiliary vessel instead of a ship of the line;”

“They're driving the same tin can they've had since Emma and I were in kindergarten.”

“We got a shockingly low price for it and bought a small tin-can run-around.”

“I was too late as bearing down the ribbon of no return⟳ was a huge tin can piloted by two women with hair blowing over the side windows.”

“For here am I sitting in a tin can / Far above the world / Planet Earth is blue / And there's nothing I can do”

“Do as you’re told, tin can!”

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