A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony / A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.

(India) A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

(medicine) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.

(pathology) Inflammation of the tonsils.

(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.. / (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.

(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. / To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.

Alternative form of tongue-in-cheek

(idiomatic) Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous.