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tinfoil
[tin-foil]
noun
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
tinfoil
/ ˈɪˌɔɪ /
noun
thin foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
thin foil made of aluminium; used for wrapping foodstuffs
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
One suspect had an expensive phone wrapped in tinfoil in an attempt to block the device's signal and avoid it being traced.
Every weekday morning, drivers arrive at the Little Tokyo Towers at 10 a.m. carrying precious cargo: seniors’ meals individually wrapped in tinfoil.
The bodies of the two boys and two girls, likely born many years ago, were found in shoe boxes wrapped in tinfoil in November 2022.
“I said, you know, I may sound like a crazy, tinfoil hat–wearing person,” Russo, also a veterinarian, recalled at a 5 April public talk sponsored by her company.
“I feel like if I raise those concerns, they want to put a tinfoil hat on me and they want to say I’m an anarchist or an insurrectionist,” Crye said.
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When To Use
Tinfoil hat is a shorthand for saying someone believes in conspiracy theories, is paranoid, or is crazy more generally.
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