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1. (v.i.) stint
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance:
to stint on food.
2. stint
Archaic. to cease action; desist.
3. (v.t.) stint
to limit to a certain amount, number, etc., often unduly.
4. stint
Archaic. to bring to an end; check.
5. (n.) stint
a period of time spent doing something:
a stint in the army.
6. stint
limitation or restriction, esp. as to amount.
7. stint
a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.
8. stint
Obs. a pause; halt.
9. (n.) stint
any of various small Old World sandpipers of the genus
Calidris.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME stynte, of obscure orig.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stretch, stint
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
"there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
2. (noun) least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla
smallest American sandpiper
3. (verb) stint
an individual's prescribed share of work
"her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
4. (verb) scrimp, stint, skimp
subsist on a meager allowance
"scratch and scrimp"
5. (verb) stint, skimp, scant
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
"sting with the allowance"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stint
any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume
2. (noun) stint
a phalarope
3. (verb) stint
to restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance
4. (verb) stint
to put an end to; to stop
5. (verb) stint
to assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent
6. (verb) stint
to serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares
7. (verb) stint
to stop; to cease
8. (verb) stint
limit; bound; restraint; extent
9. (verb) stint
quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted
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