flint /flɪnt/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.He used flint to make a fire. •A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.He used a flint to make a fire. •A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. •(figurative) Anything figuratively hard. •A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull. •(slang, no longer used) A tailor's employee who is paid by the day. verb1 •To furnish or decorate an object with flint.The sun had warmed the air to a balmy 45 degrees and sent sparks flinting off the bleachy white snow. — 2005 formsflinted · flinting · flints
