What does pint mean?
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pint
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Princeton's WordNet
pintnoun
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
pint, dry pintnoun
a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
pintnoun
a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
Wiktionary
pintnoun
A unit of volume, equivalent to of a gallon or
pintnoun
A pint of milk.
Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman
pintnoun
A glass of beer, served by the pint.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pintnoun
Half a quart; in medicine, twelve ounces; a liquid measure.
Etymology: pint , Sax. pinte, Fr. pinta, low Lat.
Well, you’ll not believe me generous, till I crack half a pint with you at my own charges. Dryden.
ChatGPT
pint
A pint is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In the United States, it is equal to 16 fluid ounces, or 473.176 milliliters. In the British system, it is equal to 20 fluid ounces, or 568.261 milliliters. It is commonly used to measure liquid or dry ingredients.
Webster Dictionary
Pintnoun
a measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart
Pintnoun
the laughing gull
Etymology: [OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark, pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having been made on or in a larger measure. See Paint.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pint
pīnt, n. a measure of capacity=½ quart or 4 gills: (med.) 12 ounces.—ns. Pint′-pot, a pot for holding a pint, esp. a pewter pot for beer: a seller or drinker of beer; Pint′-stoup, a vessel for holding a Scotch pint. [Fr. pinte—Sp. pinta, mark—L. picta, pingĕre, to paint.]
Editors Contribution
pintnoun
Very small amount
Submitted by bouwerpana on September 28, 2021
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PINT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pint is ranked #34539 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pint surname appeared 655 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pint.
95.2% or 624 total occurrences were White.
2.2% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
0.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pint' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3028
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pint' in Nouns Frequency: #2050
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pint in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of pint in a Sentence
Based on our payroll here we’ve been able to figure out the impact and make changes in both spending and pricing, in terms of people coming in, they haven’t been deterred by any pricing. A pint of beer went up 25 cents, but when people see that, they get it… That’s the way it is. Society has spoken.
I dont even live around here, but if I were to ever get a pint of ice cream it would be from this store.
Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up he is your captor, your jailer, your boss and your master a freckled-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words Hi, Dad
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- نصف لترArabic
- pintaCzech
- peintWelsh
- PintGerman
- μισόλιτρο, χοεύς, ⅛ του γαλονιού, πίνταGreek
- medio litro, pintaSpanish
- chopineFrench
- piontaIrish
- pintaItalian
- パイントJapanese
- пинта, криглаMacedonian
- cervejaPortuguese
- кружка, пинтаRussian
- pintSwedish
- PintVietnamese
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