tonic : Idioms & Phrases

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gin and tonic

  • noun gin and quinine water
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hair tonic

  • noun a toiletry for the hair
    hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
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tonic accent

  • noun emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
    pitch accent.
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tonic epilepsy

  • noun epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure
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tonic key

  • noun the basic key in which a piece of music is written
    home key.
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Tonic sol-fa

  • (Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called "tonic." Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See Sol-fa.
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tonic solfa

  • noun a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti
    solfa.
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tonic water

  • noun lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
    tonic; quinine water.
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Tononic spasm

  • . (Med.) See the Note under Spasm.
Webster 1913