Quint

Quick meaning: Quint is a noun meaning (music) An interval of one fifth.

Meaning

(music) An interval of one fifth.

More Meanings

1. (music) The E string of a violin.
2. (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker.
3. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
4. (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
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.

Example Sentences

The discard was, in fact, an experiment in bluff. Carrados might have held a quint and fourteen kings for all the opposing hand disclosed.

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for quint

Depending on context, synonyms include quintet, fin, pentad, fivesome, five, quin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quintuplet, quintet, quin, fivesome, five, pentad.

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