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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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Clint Reilly, a Bay Area milkman’s son who rose to manage the campaigns of California’s most influential political figures, has died at age 79.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The likes of Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey had begun the unforgiving work in England of changing perceptions that American athletes could only play sports with their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

“Who said Clint had first shot at her?” someone yelled from the crowd.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

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)