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  Clint

  noun

  a male given name, form of Clinton.
• clint
  clint

  noun

  a section of a limestone pavement separated from adjacent sections by solution fissures See grike

Clint

American  

[klint] / klɪnt /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Clinton.

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clint British  

/ klɪnt /

noun

1. a section of a limestone pavement separated from adjacent sections by solution fissures See grike

2. any small surface exposure of hard or flinty rock, as on a hillside or in a stream bed

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Etymology

Origin of clint

C12: from Danish and Swedish klint, from Old Swedish klinter, related to Icelandic klettr rock

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Reilly’s passing will not change the structure or current operations of the Clint Reilly Organization, Heist said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

For the past few months, the Atlantic’s Clint Smith has been trying to understand what it’s like for Black service members to report to a secretary of defense like Pete Hegseth.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

“The real tip of the spear is when we can create an AI protagonist,” he said, imagining audiences emotionally investing in AI-generated stars — say, a Clint Eastwood-type figure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

"Every global coral bleaching event has been during an El Nino year," said Clint Oakley, a coral scientist at Victoria University of Wellington.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

As I watch for them, who do I see but Clint Hammond and a woman that I guess is his mother, strolling past the Apple Store.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)