to lint

1 7.1

To run a tool that checks code for errors and style problems

: analizar con un linter

Before pushing the changes to the repository, it is essential to lint the source code for potential bugs.

Examples

The programmer had to lint the code to ensure there were no style violations before the final submission.
Make sure to lint the project files regularly to catch any errors early in the development process.
How will we find a way to stop a comet the size of Texas, when we can't even to keep lint off our suits?

Cement (2000)
And lint for bandages.

Gone with the Wind (1939)
A thin, balding man of fifty, dressed in a wrinkled gray suit, was sweeping dust and lint from the rug into a dustpan.

Fiction book (1998)
Some, like the licorice sticks I'd packed into my rubber rain boots, were getting tacky from the heat, and some pieces had lint stuck to them.

Fiction book (1993)
"That didn't lint at all, I was just teasing." "Owie ow!" Betsy reached for DeAnne.

Fiction book (1992)

audit

69 4.4

to analyze

675 3.2

to lint

1 7.1

check

720 1.0

scan

138 3.8

lint infinitive

linted past

linted past participle

linting present participle

lints third person singular

To lint code means to run the lint tool; the verb comes from the tool's name because it 'cleans' code of small problems.