flint
A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
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BLUE BOX: 13120 W 13TH AVE, AIRWAY HEIGHTS WA 99001 BLUE BOX: 3151 AIRWAY AVE, COSTA MESA CA 92626 BLUE BOX: 3274 W PASADENA AVE, FLINT MI 48504 BLUE BOX: 2336 ARDMORE BLVD, PITTSBURGH PA 15221
Buxton Museum – From Closure to New Beginnings Buxton Museum's story stretches from ancient flint tools to modern community life. After its 2023 closure, plans for a new future are finally taking shape..
Flint looks handsome still but I think he looks better with his adorable belly *takes Flint to his favorite ramen restaurant*❤️
yesterday i made a nintendo switch mii based on @soliasroscura.bsky.social's rendition of a human Flint
… poisoning in Flint, MI. I’ll wait … a very safe distance away from your testicles … go on, now …
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A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
“The suite attendants pose Flint every time they make up the room :3”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've been slowly working my way through Eric Flint's 1632 series (taking breaks for other stuff between the literary bricks) and learned how to pronounce "Oxenstierna" when I answered call from a modern member of that line at a previous job.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Even with a really good 5 of a kind build with 9's and a Cloud 9 joker and an early Ride The Bus, and Egg combined with Swashbuckler, and The Duo. That got killed by The Flint in ante 7.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Flint was my favorite. I even wound up naming my son Dashiell, not necessarily after Flint, but I got the name from his file card.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Super pumped to find out today about the Flint Zine Fest that's happening on May 2nd.... Shit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(uncountable) 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.
“# Flint Flint Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz This article is about the sedimentary rock.”
“A piece of flint, such as a [gunflint](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gunflint#English "gunflint"), used to produce a spark by striking it with a [firestriker](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/firestriker#English "firestriker"). _He used a **flint** to make a fire._ 06.”
“Flint was also the home of a [sit-down strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike "Flint sit-down strike") in 1936–37 that played a vital role in the formation of the [United Auto Workers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers "United Auto Workers").”
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A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
"flint" describes a piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. Heard in rap lyrics, drill music, video-game chat or street-style social media, it is more often quoted than acted on. What matters is context: are they repeating a song line, or are they describing specific people, places and plans? If the language pairs with secrecy, sudden new friends, or worry about someone they know, that is the cue for a calm direct conversation, ideally before involving anyone else.
"flint" is informal English meaning a piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a piece of flint" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "flint" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“BLUE BOX: 13120 W 13TH AVE, AIRWAY HEIGHTS WA 99001 BLUE BOX: 3151 AIRWAY AVE, COSTA MESA CA 92626 BLUE BOX: 3274 W PASADENA AVE, FLINT MI 48504 BLUE BOX: 2336 ARDMORE BLVD, PITTSBURGH PA 15221”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Buxton Museum – From Closure to New Beginnings Buxton Museum's story stretches from ancient flint tools to modern community life. After its 2023 closure, plans for a new future are finally taking shape..”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Flint looks handsome still but I think he looks better with his adorable belly *takes Flint to his favorite ramen restaurant*❤️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“yesterday i made a nintendo switch mii based on @soliasroscura.bsky.social's rendition of a human Flint”
— Bluesky· May 2026“… poisoning in Flint, MI. I’ll wait … a very safe distance away from your testicles … go on, now …”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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