Clint
noun
a male given name, form of Clinton.
Clint
American
[klint]
/ klɪnt /
noun
clint
British
/ klɪnt /
noun
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a section of a limestone pavement separated from adjacent sections by solution fissures See grike
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any small surface exposure of hard or flinty rock, as on a hillside or in a stream bed
Etymology
Origin of clint
C12: from Danish and Swedish klint, from Old Swedish klinter, related to Icelandic klettr rock
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In search of a vacation spot for surfing with his family, Clint Tasset put down a $600,000 deposit last year on a $1.8 million lot in Los Cabos, Mexico, a place renowned for its coastline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Clint Henderson, managing editor for the rewards-card review site the Points Guy, earlier this year wanted to open a 28th credit card, and his ninth with Chase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
With new Maryland offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Clint Trickett at the helm, the Terrapins’ quarterback has taken a leap in Year 2 running the offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Clint Johnson, the chief for the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska region, said there had been two pilots and six passengers on board, CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Any cliche you've ever heard used to describe Clint Eastwood, those were Eleanor's eyes.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Soon we left the strange, unsmiling face of Loch Macaterick behind, and took our way towards the rocky clint, up which we had to climb.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It is half-way up a clint of high rocks overlooking Loch Macaterick, and the hillside is bosky all about with bushes, both birk and self-sown mountain ash.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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