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Meaning of 'stint' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stint [ n.]
- 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.
- A phalarope.
2 . Stint [ v. i.]
- To stop; to cease.
3 . Stint [ v. t.]
- To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- To put an end to; to stop.
- 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.
- To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

Meaning of 'stint' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stint [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
Example in sentence:
  • he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary;
  • there were stretches of boredom
Meaning (2):
- an individual's prescribed share of work
Example in sentence:
  • her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
3 . stint [ v]
Meaning (3):
- subsist on a meager allowance
Example in sentence:
  • scratch and scrimp
Meaning (4):
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Example in sentence:
  • stint with the allowance

Nearby Words:

stiacciato stian stibborn stibial stibialism stibiated stibic stibiconite stibine stibious

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