flint meaning and definition

FLINT noun

Definition of flint (noun)

1. a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
2. a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
   • synonyms: Flint River
3. a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

FLINT adjective

Definition of flint (adjective)

1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
   • "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
   • synonyms: flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony