Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sequence of five cards of the same suit in one hand in piquet.
- noun A quintuplet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
quintet , 2. - noun A prefix of the names of musical instruments and of organ-stops, denoting a variety whose pitch is a fifth above or below that of the usual variety.
- noun A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
- noun In music, same as
fifth , 2. - noun In organ-building, a stop giving tones a fifth above the normal pitch of the digitals used.
- noun The smallest of the three varieties of viola da bracchio. See
viol . - noun The E string or chanterelle of a violin: probably so called from the highest string of the lute.
- noun In fencing, the fifth of the eight parries in sword-play. It is taught in the schools, but rarely used in practice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
- noun (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
- noun informal one of a set of
quintuplets .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music an
interval of onefifth - noun a
sequence of fiveplaying cards of the samesuit ; equivalent to astraight flush in poker - noun US a
quin orquintuplet - noun firefighting A vehicle used by
firefighters that combines the capabilities of afire engine and afire truck , having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire. - noun
quinte ; In fencing, the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- noun one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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We've all seen the press stories about the proposed idea of a so-called quint, or five-power meeting.
Background Briefing On Us Russian Relations ITY National Archives 1997
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a mutation fine known as the quint was payable to the public treasury.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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I'm guessing a "quint" or "sext" band chip with GSM, CDMA, and LTE all rolled into one is/will be available.
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"quint" because it combined five functions: water tank, pump, hoses, ladders and aerial device.
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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.
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I start to quint... is that really what I think it is?
If I eat... I may slumber Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2008
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I start to quint... is that really what I think it is?
Archive 2008-11-01 Megan aka Mmapula Reamogetse 2008
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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.
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Bethlehem was a necropolis – not a quint little community.
Think Progress » POLL: Only 3 Percent Say Homosexuality is America’s ‘Most Serious Moral Crisis’ 2006
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