tune

(pronounced "choon")

(South African surfer's English. Derivation unk.)

To tune somebody is to:

a). tell somebody something in no uncertain terms
b). to scold, upbraid or dress-down someone
c). to order someone about, direct them firmly.

Example 1: "Now that we're prefects we can tune all these lighties what to do."

Translation: "Now that we're prefects (upperclassmen), we can tell all these younger kids what to do."

Example 2: "At the braaivleis last night, I ran into this ouk who was totally pissed motherless. But I tuned him, ek se."

Translation: "At the barbecue last night, I ran into this guy who was extremely drunk. But I put that guy in his place very decisively, I tell you."

by david lincoln brooks November 16, 2010

Tune

1. to sleep with or try and sleep with someone.
2. to tune someone, meaning upgrade them, there looks, cloths, hair, etc.

1: I tried to tune that bitch!

2: I'm tuning her, she has un-tapped potential.

by Tuner1221 October 29, 2009

tuning

Whats said to the most beautiful chick in the world

by Anonymous November 05, 2003

tuning

The discretization of space by consciousness.

Tuning proffers that consciousness "tunes" the uncountable nature of space.

by metawave April 07, 2019

Tune

To savage the shit out of someone by means of offensive humor.

He was being full of shit, so I tuned the shit out of him

by South African Banter February 03, 2017

Tune

Tune is a good song that we caribbean people like to say.

John: you hear the new J cole.
Me: yes, that is tune.

OR

John: Listen this tune
*hand me a headphone*
Me: this is tune hard asf

by Braddy511 June 20, 2019

to the tune of

in the range of

that computer will set you back to the tune of three thousand dollars

by Random832 November 02, 2003