tuninga

(Pronounced- "Too-nin-gah")

Lithuanian phrase referring to an addition or improvement to a car. To "padaryti tuninga" (do a tuninga) is to pimp or soup up your car.

Person 1- Damn, bratka, your car's running faster than ever and your stereo sounds louder.

Person 2- Jo, I did a tuninga- put in a new engine and some subs.

by Kašas December 17, 2009

drop tuning

guitar tuning where the bottom string is a perfect fifth lower than the next string, enabling the guitarist to play a powerchord with only one finger. the other strings are tuned the same as standard tuning. mostly used in metal.
most common examples:
drop D: DADGBE
dro C: CGCFAD
drop B: BF#BEG#C#
drop A: AEADF#B

drop tuning songs.
drop D-moby dick by led zeppelin
drop C-most bullet for my valentine songs
drop B-duality by slipknot
drop A-psychosocial by slipknot

by Nicolo C May 8, 2011

percussive tuning

A comedic pseudonym, typically within engineering circles, for using brute force approach (typically a using hammer, see fine adjustment device) for solving a problem.

I used percussive tuning to fix the engine's timing problem.

by hashaday February 6, 2009

tuning

The step before dating, usually at this stage both people are aware they like each other but choose to get to know each other/flirt first. Probably the cutest and funnest stage.

WARNING: lack of official relationship may cause one of the people involved in tuning to believe dating/hooking up/tuning with others is acceptable.

cameron: "oi bra, who you tuning?"
jake: "hey man, that new chick kirsty"
cameron: "aw yeah she's real hot! but what happened to jess?"
jake: "still got her, tunin = freedom"

by realies July 26, 2011

Drunk Tuning

(v.) The act of purchasing songs on iTunes while in a drunken stupor.

Chuck: "Dude, I was Drunk Tuning last night and ended up buying some random Dolly Parton & Weird Al songs! I don't even listen to them"

Tre: "That's fucked up"

by Stayhandsome October 17, 2008

tuning in tokyo

To tweek or pinch the erect nipple as if it were the tuning knob on an analog radio. Popularized after WWII because the act of inexperienced males trying to please women resembled WWII radio operators adjusting the equipment knobs to 'tune in Tokyo'.

Being presented with his first pair of breasts made Urkle so nervous he did not know what to do and was reduced to his spaz self as the said Tuning in Tokyo while he tweeted the unfortunate girl's nipples

by van8794 May 16, 2010

tuning

Chatting up in a flirtatious manner to advance towards a sexual or romantic relationship

Me: He cheated on me.
My mate: With who?
Me: I don't know, he was tuning some random girls on Tinder...
My mate: Looks like a fuckboi, talks like a fuckboi, is a fuckboi.

by Killossal April 1, 2017