Clint
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2.3
- proper noun
- /klɪnt/
- I met Clint during college, and we became great friends.
- Clint Eastwood
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- Well, I hope you like a Clint Eastwood character.
- But Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood, it's an incredible movie.
- We are here with none other than the extraordinary brothers, Clint and Ron Howard.
- I mean, the the script for Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood's movie, is that's a novel.
- And that was the Bridges of Madison County and that's Clint Eastwood's.
- No, but he goes, he said something like, Clint, listen, do you want me to walk around this?
- And ever since, I have thought I could have been Missus Clint Eastwood.
- And my favorite director is Clint Eastwood.
- Wow, Scott Eastwood, obviously Clint Eastwood.
- He's like a, you know, he's got this kind of like Clint Eastwood, like really busted kind of Clint Eastwood vibe.
Examples
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We are here with none other than the extraordinary brothers, Clint and Ron Howard.
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In our family, Clint is always the one who tells the funniest stories.
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My best friend Clint just died of blood cancer, just like that.
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The phone rings, and she turns her attention to Clint, calling her in between sets.
Fiction book (1997) -
On the TV, a special on the war began, and Clint sat down to watch it.
Fiction book (1993) -
You're right, Clint, I know you are.
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People are shunning Clint and Bill in the street, and the wildest rumors are going around.
Fiction book (1993) -
Around the corner from a tavern owned by Clint Eastwood, we happened to see a fender-bender occur.
Fiction book (1999) -
One of the seminal events of the election season was Clint Eastwood's appearance at the RNC.
Blog text (3) -
My brother's name is Clint, and he loves playing basketball.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clint is often a short form of Clinton, a name that once meant a 'town on a hill'. The first part, clint, was an old word for a 'steep rock' or 'cliff' and the -ton part meant 'town', so a helpful way to remember Clint is to imagine someone from a town on a hill or 'steady as a rock'.