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    [Noun]  | "tune" | \ ˈtün \


    1: a pleasing succession of musical tones : melody

    2: a dominant theme

    3: correct musical pitch or consonance —used chiefly in the phrases in tune and out of tune

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English tune, tuin, tewne "musical sound, melody, key of a musical composition," borrowed from Anglo-French tun, ton, tuen {see: |tone:1|tone:1};

      * Note : In Middle English tune is effectively a variant of tone, but both forms are irregular outcomes of their Anglo-French sources (see: note at {tone:1|tone:1}). In the case of tune, the vowel nucleus see:ms to have fallen together with the outcomes of the French diphthong ui, as in {june|June} and {puny|puny}.;

    [Noun]  | "tune-up" | \ ˈtün-ˌəp \


    1: a general adjustment to ensure operation at peak efficiency

    2: a preliminary trial : warm-up

    Origin: 1933 ;

    [Verb]  | "tune" 


    1: to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune

    2: to bring into harmony : attune

    3: to adjust for precise functioning —often used with up

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Derivative of {see: |tune:1|tune:1};

    [Verb]  | "tune in" 


    1: to listen to or view a broadcast of

    2: to listen to or view a broadcast

    3: to associate oneself with what is happening or one's surroundings

    Origin: 1913 ;

    [Verb]  | "tune out" 


    1: to become unresponsive to : ignore

    2: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings

    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Verb]  | "au*to-tune" | \ ˈȯ-ˌtō-ˌt(y)ün \


    1: to adjust or alter (a recording) with Auto-Tune software especially to correct sung notes that are out of tune

    Origin: 1997 ;

     Auto-Tune, trademark for a signal processor;

    [Verb]  | "fine-tune" | \ ˈfīn-ˈtün \


    1: to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness

    2: to improve through minor alteration or revision

    3: to stabilize (an economy) by small-scale fiscal and monetary manipulations

    Origin: 1959 ;

    [Idiom]  | "change one's tune" 


    1: to change the way one talks about something : to have a different opinion about something

    [Idiom]  | "dance to someone's tune" 


    1: to do what someone (else) wants or forces one to do

    [Idiom]  | "he who pays the piper calls the tune" 


    1: —used to say that the person who pays for something controls how it is done

    [Verb]  | "tune" 


    [Verb]  | "tune out" 


    [Verb]  | "fine-tune" 


    1: to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right;


      * e.g., " ... fine-tune a TV set "




    [Noun]  | "tune" 


    1: a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect;


      * e.g., " ... hummed a little tune while I sorted the laundry "




    2: a state of consistency;


      * e.g., " ... your negative assessment of the restaurant seems to be in tune with the opinions of the critics "



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    3: an approximate amount, extent, or degree;


      * e.g., " ... retail rents on the fashionable street can run to the tune of $100,000 a year "



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    [Phrase]  | "call the tune (for)" 


    1: to be in charge of;


      * e.g., " ... She made it clear that she would call the tune for the investigation. "



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     [ "tune" ]

    1: To flirt and attempt to get a girl to be attracted to you. Has no real derivation, but I sometimes think of it as tuning the girl to your station, not disimilar from a radio.

      * e.g.,  ... "I've been tuning Kate lately." 

     [ "tune" ]

    2: The act of 'tuning' ceases the moment you kiss the girl or a relationship is formed.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let's go for a tune mission." 

     [ "tune" ]

    3: A 'tune mission' is going for a walk, mission or outing with the aim of meeting, tuning and hopefully scoring with hot chicks.

     [ "tune" ]

    1: South African slang. To tell someone something, or to tell someone you're unhappy about something they're doing.

      * e.g.,  ... "Tune me details about that chick you scored last night" 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: Something that is good, or approved of. Derived from music. Can be used in place of 'safe'. Used in London.

      * e.g.,  ... What a TUNE blud 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: A mostly Caribbean slang term that is spoken or written as an exclamation to refer to a very good song or your favorite song.

      * e.g.,  ... Tune! 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: in tune with your heartbeat

      * e.g.,  ... is where i want to be 

     [ "tune" ]

    2: in tune with your speed

      * e.g.,  ... in tune 

     [ "tune" ]

    3: in tune with your singing

      * e.g.,  ... in tune with you 

     [ "tune" ]

    4: in tune with your needs in tune with my longing

      * e.g.,  ... in tune with me 

     [ "tune" ]

    5: in tune with my rights

      * e.g.,  ... is where i want to be 

     [ "tune" ]

    6: in tune with my thinking

     [ "tune" ]

    7: in tune with my nights

     [ "tune" ]

    1: A 'tune' is a bong.

      * e.g.,  ... "Have you had your tune yet?" 

     [ "tune" ]

    2: To 'play a tune', 'have a tune', means to smoke a bong.

      * e.g.,  ... Used as a code while at work or school: "I can't wait to go home and play/listen to some tunes." 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: To mug, attack, or rough up, usually with a large group of people. The word implies attacking an individual and severely hurting them.

      * e.g.,  ... We're going to go over there and tune that guy for sure. 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: The "catchy" part of a pop song that get stuck in your head and eventually drive you crazy.

      * e.g.,  ... The tune got you! 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: Kissing, usually open mouthed.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you tune that girl last night?" 

     [ "tune" ]

    1: another word for boning a chick or dude

      * e.g.,  ... " i tuned my girlfriend up real good last night" 

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