VINT


Meaning of VINT in English

I. ˈvint transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: probably back-formation from vintage

: to make (wine) from fruit

cherry-wine vinted in the … forest — O.E.Schniebs

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Russian, probably from Yiddish, literally, wind, from Middle High German wint, from Old High German — more at wind

: a card game resembling whist and similar to auction bridge in its bidding that has every trick scored and on a failed bid has the declarer score as usual while the adversaries score 100 times the value for their tricks — called also Russian whist

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