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Vinony

quint

noun

  1. unit of mass
  2. (informal) quintuplet
  3. a jump (as in figure skating or skiing) that consists of at least five but less than six revolutions
  4. a multi-purpose vehicle used by firefighters that includes a water tank, fire hose, pump, aerial ladder or platform, and portable ladders
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kwɪnt/ / [kʰw̥ɪnt] / /kwɛ̃/

name

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Quentin or Quinton

noun

Etymology: * From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus. * (firefighting vehicle): In reference to its five functions: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.

  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.”

  4. 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.”

  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.