lint
verb
- remove or produce lint
noun
- cotton fiber obtained through ginning
- fluff of some material
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lɪnt/
name
Etymology: * As an occupational English surname, from the noun lint, chiefly in the Scottish English sense "flax fibers for spinning." * As a Dutch surname, from several placenames with the element Lint, probably from linde (“lime tree”).
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).
- Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
“Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.”
- A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
- The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
- Raw cotton ready for baling.
verb
Etymology: From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).
- To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
“You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.”