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Definition: TONY |
TONYNoun1. A simpleton. |
"TONY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". |
Date "TONY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references) |
Note: Tony \To"ny\, noun; plural Tonies. [Abbreviation from Anthony.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | TONY. A silly fellow, or ninny. A mere tony: a simpleton. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Tony can mean any of the following:
- Tony Award
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tony."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
What is popularly called the Tony Award but is formally the "Antoinette Perry Award" is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. Awarded by a panel of approximately 700 judges from various areas of the industry, it is generally regarded as the theatre's closest equivalent to the Oscars. While the award was founded in 1947, it was at the third awards ceremony in 1949 that the first actual Tony medallion was given to award winners.
The award ceremony is broadcast on television, and includes songs from the nominated musicals.
Winning a Tony award in a major category--best new play, best new musical, best play revival, best musical revival, or best actor or actress--can dramatically increase a show's ticket sales. A shortlist for the award is published several weeks before the award ceremony; between then and the announcement of the winners, plays advertise how many Tonys they have been nominated for.
The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, a founder of the American Theater Wing.
Eligibility for the awards is restricted to shows playing on Broadway during the season in question. (Having closed does not make a show ineligible, though the voters generally favor shows that are still running when the awards are given.) For the purposes of the award, a "new" play or musical is one that has not previously been produced on Broadway. Shows transferred from Off-Broadway or London are eligible as new; so are productions based closely on movies.
The awards include (some listed below are no longer presented):
- Tony Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Play
- Tony Award for Best Revival
- Tony Award for Best Revival (Musical)
- Tony Award for Best Revival (Play)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Tony Award for an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- Tony Award for an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Revival (Musical)
- Tony Award for an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Play
- Tony Award for Best Revival (Play)
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Choreographer
- Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director
- Tony Award for Best Costume Designer
- Tony Award for Best Director (Musical)
- Tony Award for Best Director (Play)
- Tony Award for Best Director (Play or Musical)
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Designer
- Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
- Tony Award for Best Musical Score
- Tony Award for Best Peformance By Newcomers
- Tony Award for Best Regional Theater
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Designer
- Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event
- Tony Award for Best Stage Technician
- Special Tony Award
- Tony Honor Award
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tony Award."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tony is a village located in Rusk County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 105.Geography
Tony is located at 45°28'52" North, 90°59'41" West (45.481083, -90.994763)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 105 people, 43 households, and 27 families residing in the village. The population density is 20.0/km² (51.7/mi²). There are 45 housing units at an average density of 8.6/km² (22.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 99.05% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 43 households out of which 25.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% are married couples living together, 9.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% are non-families. 32.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 3.00. In the village the population is spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 78.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.0 males. The median income for a household in the village is $21,563, and the median income for a family is $31,250. Males have a median income of $26,875 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the village is $16,328. 17.4% of the population and 16.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 50.0% are under the age of 18 and 11.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tony, Wisconsin."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Peasant, countryman, boor, carle, churl; villain, villein; terrae filius; serf, kern, tyke, tike, chuff, ryot, fellah; longshoreman; swain, clown, hind; clod, clodhopper; hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin; plowman, plowboy; rustic, hayseed, lunkhead, chaw-bacon, tiller of the soil; hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling; gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin, looby, rube, lout, underling; gamin; rough; pot-wallopper, slubberdegullion; vulgar fellow, low fellow; cad, curmudgeon. |
Fool | Oaf, lout, loon, lown, dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps, tony. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: TONY |
| English words defined with "TONY": Tonies. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TONY": Anthony Hoare ♦ Bletchley Park ♦ cppp ♦ Lady Magistrate, Light Comedian ♦ SIMPLETON ♦ Tony Hoare. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Tony, do something terrible (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Dammit, Tony, I thought you said this thing was gonna stay on the same heading (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) You remember Antoine Roccamora, half black, half Samoan, used to call him Tony Rocky Horror (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) Now come on, Tony, don't be silly (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) Fat Tony is a cancer on this fair city (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | The world slick lies and pretty Tony (Firm All Stars; performing artist: The Firm) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974) Bill and Tony (1972) My Friend Tony (1969) The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969) El Magnífico Tony Carrera (1968) | |
Song Titles | I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO (performing artist: Tony Bennett ) Hot Cakes and Sausage (performing artist: Tony DeSimone Trio) Oriental Blues (Ernie's Tune) (performing artist: Tony DeSimone Trio) POLK SALAD ANNIE (performing artist: Tony Joe White ) Bless You (performing artist: Tony Orlando) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Dr. Tony Picciolo and Dr. Howard E. Winn doing research on fish bioacoustics. At North Rock studying fish sounds and behavior. Credit: Small World. |  | Studying internal structure and organisms of coral NOAA scientists Dr. Tony Picciolo, Dave Hardy, and Darrell Knoll. Credit: Small World. |
 | ARS geneticist Tom Rinderer (right foreground) and beekeeping cooperator Steve Bernard, along with ARS associates Tony Stelzer and Warren Kelley (background, L-R) of the Baton Rouge laboratory, inspect colonies of Russian and other honey bees. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Professor Edward Jones discusses an alfalfa nutrition experiment with Delaware State College students (left to right) Tony Carney, Latisha Corey, and Karen Meyer. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Tony Thebo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tony Mullane. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tony dropped the bag of oranges and opened his arms to his little dog. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Simply loved bathing Tots and Tony on Nurse's night out. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tony Delegal, at Ogeechee Towns, head-and-shoulders, facing front, with his left hand at side of head. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tony Costanza, in sailor suit, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Germany | Schroeder positioned himself as a centrist "Third Way" candidate in the mold of Britain's Tony Blair. (references) |
United Kingdom | Tony Blair became the first Labour Prime Minister ever to win a full consecutive second term when Labour won a 167-seat majority in June 7, 2001 elections. (references) | |
Ireland | The May 1997 election of Tony Blair and the Labour Party Government in the U.K., however, re-energized the process and led to increasing pressure on the IRA/Sinn Fein to restore the cease-fire. (references) | |
Political Economy | South Africa | Second in size is the Democratic Party (DP) is a largely white, socially liberal but economically conservative party that grew exponentially between 1994 and 1999. Under the leadership of Tony Leon, the DP has become an outspoken critic of ANC policy in the National Assembly and parlayed Leon's tough-talking and personal recognition to claim nearly 10 percent of the vote and the mantle of official opposition in the 1999 elections. (references) |
South Africa | The three parties contested the December 2000 municipal elections under the banner of the DA, but will only be recognized as one party inside Parliament after the next national elections in 2004. DP leader Tony Leon assumed the leadership of the DA, and Marthinus van Schalkwyk, former leader of the NNP, is the Deputy Leader of the DA. The party is attempting to expand its membership to the black electorate, but with limited success. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Connie Francis | I could mention a few people like Tony Orlando is a sweetheart, Frankie Avalon, we speak once in a while. I never really had any friends in show business, with the exception of Dick. |
Rosemary Clooney | Sure, wonderful singer. Anyway Billie and Tony were really close friends so when I met her, she kind of made that association and was a very good friend of mine and was nice to me. And so she is my first daughter's godmother. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Sunday, the Tony awards, first on PBS, then on CBS. This will be the stage I make my big singing opening number. |
Rush Limbaugh | Even when Tony Snow came at Edwards with the fact that Al Gore's brother-in-law favors Judge Pickering, Edwards managed to weasel free. |
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| "TONY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "TONY" is used about 4,982 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.88% | 4,976 | 1,976 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.12% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,982 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "TONY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tony | First name Female | 4,000 | 1,544 |
| Tony | First name Male | 190,000 | 103 |
| Tony | Last name | 400 | 18,896 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "TONY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "TONY." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Antonia | Female | Ancient Roman | Anthony |
| Antonius | Male | Ancient Roman | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Bulgarian | Anthony |
| Antoni | Male | Catalan | Anthony |
| Anto | Male | Croatian | Anthony |
| Antun | Male | Croatian | Anthony |
| Antonie | Female | Czech | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Dutch | Anthony |
| Antonius | Male | Dutch | Anthony |
| Anthony | Male | English | N/A |
| Antonia | Female | English | Anthony |
| Antony | Male | English | Anthony |
| Tony | Male | English | Anthony |
| Anchjo | Male | Esperanto | Anthony |
| Antono | Male | Esperanto | Anthony |
| Antoine | Male | French | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | German | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | German | Anthony |
| Anakoni | Male | Hawaiian | Anthony |
| Antal | Male | Hungarian | Anthony |
| Toni | Male | Hungarian | Anthony |
| Antonella | Female | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonello | Male | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Italian | Anthony |
| Antanas | Male | Lithuanian | Anthony |
| Antoni | Male | Polish | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Portuguese | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Portuguese | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Romanian | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Russian | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Scandinavian | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Slovene | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Spanish | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Spanish | Anthony |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Tony, WI (village, FIPS 80225) |
Expression using "TONY": Tony Hoare. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "TONY": tony-coton-at-man-city-last-august. | |
Ending with "TONY": Lewis-tony. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tony hawk | 2,791 | tony and tinas wedding | 284 |
tony award | 2,433 | tony hawk 3 | 277 |
tony stewart | 1,422 | 2003 award tony | 270 |
tony parker | 1,194 | cheat for tony hawk 3 | 266 |
tony robbins | 1,130 | tony evans | 253 |
tony blair | 751 | tony yayo | 248 |
tony hawk pro skater 4 | 724 | tony the tiger | 239 |
tony little | 702 | tony and braxton | 231 |
tony | 621 | sunshine tony | 228 |
tony hawk pro skater | 607 | tony hawk pro skater 2 cheat | 220 |
4 cheat hawk pro skater tony | 594 | tony montana | 198 |
tony romas | 589 | tony toni tone | 194 |
tony hawk 4 | 555 | tony robbin | 194 |
tony hawk pro skater 3 | 522 | guy tony | 191 |
cheat tony hawk pro skater 3 | 424 | tony curtis | 191 |
hawk tony underground | 412 | tony hillerman | 165 |
tony bennett | 381 | tony hawk cheat | 160 |
tony little gazelle | 360 | 3 cheat cube game hawk tony | 157 |
4 cheat hawk tony | 345 | 4 cheat code hawk pro skater tony | 151 |
tony hawk pro skater 2 | 317 | tony hawk pro skater cheat | 144 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TONY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Моден, Елегантен (Dandy, Nobby), Шик (Nobby). (various references) | |
French | bath. (various references) | |
German | schick (chic, chick, dressy, elegant, fancy, modish, modishly, natty, peachiness, peachy, posh, smart, smartly, smartness, sophisticated, spiffy, style, stylish, trendy). (various references) | |
Greek | Υποκοριστικό Του Anthony, Αντωνάκησ. (various references) | |
Italian | stile (chic, chick, fashion, smart, style). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | トキソプラズマ症 (18-wheeler, articulated lorry, galvanized sheet iron, latest fashion, pepper game, semi-trailer, Thomas Cup, toboggan, toffy, toggle, toggle switch, Tom, tomahawk, tomato, tomato ketchup, tomato puree, tommy gun, tomography, tom-tom, toner, tonic, tonic water, tony tie, top, top ball, top batter, top class, top condition, top down, top fashion, top gear, top group, top hat, top lady, top management, top news, top runner, top scene, top secret, top seller, top spin, top star, topaze, topcoat, top-domain, topic, topic news, topics, topless, top-level, top-note, topological, topology, topper, topping, toss, toss batting, tosser, totocalcio, toxoplasmosis, Toyota, tractor, tractor-trailer, tragedy, tragic, tragi-comedie, transistor glamour, trauma, triad, trial, trial and error, triangle, tri-athlete, triathlon, tribalism, tricycle, Trident, trijet, Tristar, truss, trust, try, zinc). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | トニータイ (tony tie). (various references) | |
Manx | fashanagh (chic, dressy, stylish, swell), Antoin. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onytay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | moderno (boss, fashionable, fresh, go-ahead, informed, knowing, latter-day, modern, new, present-day, recent, smart, up-to-date), elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feat, fetching, flossy, gentlemanly, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, pasta, polished, polite, posh, silk stocking, slim, smart, spicy, spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, trig, trim). (various references) | |
Russian | тони (toni). (various references) | |
Turkish | Lüks (costliness, costly, de luxe, grandeur, lux, luxe, luxurious, luxury, plushy, posh, pukka, ritzy, stateliness, sumptuous, sumptuousness, swish, voluptuous). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sang (knowing, nobby, over, primp), nhã; đúng mốt, bảnh (chic, knowing, sharp, slap-up, spiffy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TONY": astony, atony, betony, buttony, cottony, gluttony, monotony, muttony, stony, syntony. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TONY": antonym, antonymic, antonymies, antonymous, antonyms, antonymy, astonying, cryptonym, cryptonyms, metonym, metonymic, metonymical, metonymies, metonyms, metonymy, stonyhearted, tautonym, tautonymies, tautonyms, tautonymy. (additional references) | |
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"TONY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Othniel, Otoniel, tonay, tonie, Tonni, Tonry, tonyu, toony, Tornay, Twohy, Vonjy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TONY" (pronounced tō"nē) |
| 4 | t ō" n ē | rigatoni, Stoney, stony, Toney. |
| 3 | -ō" n ē | abalone, baloney, Bologna, boney, bony, Coney, crony, macaroni, mony, negroni, pepperoni, phoney, phony, pony. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "n-o-t-y" | |
-1 letter: not, ton, toy, yon. | |
-2 letters: no, on, oy, to, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: atony, cyton, stony, toney, towny, toyon. | |
+2 letters: aroynt, astony, betony, botany, bounty, county, cytons, etymon, knotty, notary, notify, phyton, pointy, python, rhyton, snooty, snotty, snouty, stoney, thorny, toying, toyons, tycoon, typhon. | |
+3 letters: anatomy, anolyte, antonym, aroynts, bayonet, buoyant, buttony, cottony, country, elytron, entropy, etymons, honesty, introfy, jointly, keynote, krypton, metonym, monthly, muttony, neoteny, neotype, notably, notedly, novelty, oxytone, phytons, potency, pythons, rhytons, stenoky, stonily, syntony, tachyon, tardyon, thionyl, tonally, toponym, tourney, tycoons, tylosin, tympano, typhons, typhoon, tyronic, youthen. | |
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