quint
IPA: kwˈɪnt
noun
- (music) An interval of one fifth.
- (music) The E string of a violin.
- (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
- (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
- (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
- (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
- A male given name
- A nickname for Quinton
Examples of "quint" in Sentences
- A story set in the time of Quint.
- Quint and Maris are struck by this.
- On the cover are also Quint and Brodie.
- Quinte is used in sabre to protect the head.
- Brody forces a stunned Vaughn to hire Quint.
- The forerunner of the EBJCHL was the Quinte St.
- Quint has since played for Kloten in Switzerland.
- I start to quint... is that really what I think it is?
- Quint exercises enormous power over those in the house.
- Quint and the crew escaped, and he and Maris fell in love.
- Bethlehem was a necropolis – not a quint little community.
- Quint stayed at the helm, and dissolved into the mother storm.
- a mutation fine known as the quint was payable to the public treasury.
- "quint" because it combined five functions: water tank, pump, hoses, ladders and aerial device.
- We've all seen the press stories about the proposed idea of a so-called quint, or five-power meeting.
- I'm guessing a "quint" or "sext" band chip with GSM, CDMA, and LTE all rolled into one is/will be available.
- Tyler Johnson, 2, of Keller inspects his own reflection on quint fire truck's bell during a children's fire safety program at Borders Books in Colleyville on Saturday, June 14, 2008.
- And quint-mom has said in fact, according to what Suzanne ` s magazine "Life & Style" says that she doesn ` t feel like a woman, she feels more like a man, and she hasn ` t had sex in nine years, or six years.
- Then he stretches his long neck again, lays his little witless head on the side again, bobs and bobs, looks and looks and looks, says _quint, quint, quint, quint_ -- "I _think_ I'll go to roost," but is just as undecided as ever.