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quints

quints is the plural of quint.

Meaning of quint

Noun

quint (plural quints)

  1. An interval of one fifth.
  2. The E string of a violin.
  3. In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker.
    • The discard was, in fact, an experiment in bluff. Carrados might have held a quint and fourteen kings for all the opposing hand disclosed.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  4. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
    • 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.1965, LIFE, volume 59, number 7, page 24
  5. 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.
  6. quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

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Questions about quints

What is quints the plural of?
Quints is the plural of quint.

Words near quints in the dictionary

  1. Quintrells
  2. quintrigintillion
  3. quintrillion
  4. quintroon
  5. quintroons
  6. quints
  7. quintuplation
  8. quintuple
  9. quintuple double
  10. quintuple doubles
  11. quintuple meter

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