Tina

American  

[tee-nuh] / ˈti nə /

noun

1. a female given name.

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tina British  

/ ˈtiːnə /

noun

1. a slang word for crystal meth

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Etymology

Origin of tina

C21: so called because it is commonly bought in ( six ) teen ( ths ) of an ounce

Example Sentences

Recognizing that they’re completely different documentaries, and women, and lives, it may be helpful to describe the worth of “Janet Jackson.” alongside last year’s “Tina.”

From Salon

When that story led to curiosity of a morbid nature, Turner tried to set the record straight again with her 1986 autobiography “I, Tina,” co-authored with journalist Kurt Loder.

From Salon

The two-hour “Tina” is likely to be the diva’s last word and designed as a reverent look at a performer who refuses to allow her suffering to define her outrageous success.

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The directors don’t exactly overlook the miserable parts of Turner’s life either, devoting the first half of “Tina” to her early career and raucous blaze she created as the dancing front of the traveling revue.

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By the end of “Tina” we see footage of her packing stadiums and arriving to the opening night of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” with Bach on one arm and Oprah Winfrey on the other – proof that Turner’s star burns far more brightly than that of the man who cruelly manipulated her into thinking she was beneath him.

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