A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Used in a Sentence
colin
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for colin.
Editorial note
I mean, is Colin just not quite as smart and good at technology as you?
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of colin gathered in one view.
A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.
The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for colin.
noun
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.
noun
The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
Example sentences
I mean, is Colin just not quite as smart and good at technology as you?
Why are you complaining that my comment is taking yours seriously, when yours is taking colin's seriously?
Thanks Colin - it sounds like it was a business to be bootstrapped and run as a lifestyle business.
Have been letting Colin Megill's 'Inline Styles are the Future of CSS' vid [0] marinate in my brain recently.
Assuming it doesn't get abused by our idiot politicians anyway (I'm from NZ - looking at you Colin Craig).
Annnnd just spent an hour reading that delightful Colin Percival Putnam thread.
Can you point out where Colin indicated (clearly too subtly for me) that his repeated comments on this subject were a joke and should not be taken seriously.
So Colin spoke the truth (as far as I can tell).
>> people really loved to hate on Tarsnap On the contrary, Colin is highly regarded on HN both for his technical ability, and his success in business (despite breaking from conventional wisdom in how to be successful in business).
I guess if you needed some sort of baseline by which to base your donation (assuming you actually intend to make one instead of just being snarky on the internet), I'd suggest starting with donating significant portions of your time to the FreeBSD project as Colin has done.
Quote examples
Feel free to contact "colin.hyzy at rentrakmail.com" for more information.
There's no such thing as a "partially charitable act", FreeBSD can use the help - Colin shouldn't feel compelled to disclose his company's financials because someone on the internet feels that he somehow deserves that information.
"Meet my two twin sons, Collision (pronounced cole-eye-zon, we call him Cole for short) and Collision (pronounced call-iss-on, though we like to call him Colin)."
Proper noun examples
What choices have you made in the past year that make you feel you're worth $63k/yr more than Colin?
Thus, Colin's good act is canceled out by the fact that he could benefit from it.
Colin, are you just trying to win an argument online or are you really that flippant when it comes to firing an employee?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use colin in a sentence?
I mean, is Colin just not quite as smart and good at technology as you?
What does colin mean?
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is colin?
colin is commonly used as noun.