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Clint

Clint

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A male given name often short for Clinton and sometimes a family name
  • proper noun
  • /klɪnt/
: Clint
  • I met Clint during college, and we became great friends.
  • Clint Eastwood

Well, I hope you like a Clint Eastwood character.

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Examples

  • We are here with none other than the extraordinary brothers, Clint and Ron Howard.

  • In our family, Clint is always the one who tells the funniest stories.

  • My best friend Clint just died of blood cancer, just like that.

  • 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.

  • 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

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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'.