quint
see also: Quint
Pronunciation
  • (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA: /kwɪnt/, [kʰw̥ɪnt]
  • (A fencing term) IPA: /kwɛ̃/
Noun

quint (plural quints)

  1. (music) An interval of one fifth.
  2. (music) The E string of a violin.
  3. (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
  4. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
    • 1965, LIFE (volume 59, number 7, page 24)
      Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set of quints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden.
  5. (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.
  6. (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

Quint
Proper noun
  1. A male given name
  2. A nickname for Quinton



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