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stint

1

[ stint ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance:

    Don't stint on the food.

    They stinted for years in order to save money.

  2. Archaic. to cease action; desist.


verb (used with object)

  1. to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.

    Synonyms: skimp, scrimp, economize

  2. Archaic. to bring to an end; check.

noun

  1. a period of time spent doing something:

    a two-year stint in the army.

  2. an allotted amount or piece of work:

    to do one's daily stint.

  3. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount:

    to give without stint.

    Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift

  4. a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.:

    to exceed one's stint.

    Synonyms: portion, allotment

  5. Obsolete. a pause; halt.

stint

2

[ stint ]

noun

  1. any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.

stint

1

/ stɪnt /

verb

  1. to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
  2. archaic.
    to stop or check (something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an allotted or fixed amount of work
  2. a limitation or check
  3. obsolete.
    a pause or stoppage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stint

2

/ stɪnt /

noun

  1. any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia ), such as C. minuta ( little stint )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstinter, noun
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Other Words From

  • stinted·ly adverb
  • stinted·ness noun
  • stinter noun
  • stinting·ly adverb
  • stintless adjective
  • un·stinted adjective
  • un·stinting adjective
  • un·stinting·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stint1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English verb stinten, stenten “to cease,” Old English styntan “to make blunt, dull”; cognate with Old Norse stytta “to shorten” ( stunt 1 ); noun derivative of the verb

Origin of stint2

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; stynte, stint; further origin unknown
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stint1

Old English styntan to blunt; related to Old Norse stytta to cut short; see stunt 1

Origin of stint2

Old English; related to Middle High German stinz small salmon, Swedish dialect stinta teenager; see stunt 1
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Example Sentences

Two of these deals seemed set to benefit Energy Transfer, the Texas company on whose board Perry served immediately before and after his stint in Washington.

I learned about Butora during a brief stint managing the retail shop of a climbing gym in Colorado in 2016.

The country had been known for its frequent prime ministerial turnover, but Abe has been in power since 2012 — following a short stint from 2006 to 2007.

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She’d done an earlier stint with the city, but most recently, she was director of New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.

Because if you’re a human being and your stint is going to end in two or three years, you don’t want to be too harsh on the companies that could end up paying you and giving you lots of money later.

After a stint with a replacement Head Mistress went sour, R seriously considered shutting down La Domaine for good.

Alan Gross was in a cheery mood, having survived a grim five-year stint in a Cuban prison.

He said he prefers to forget about his 18-month stint with the Railroad Commission.

After a brief stint under house arrest, Al-Thani was back on the art scene within a year, this time only as a private collector.

In 2010, President Obama then brought her back for a second stint.

For days after his departure, she had kept solitary; busied with little; indulging in her own sad reflections without stint.

No small stint I had of it too; for he was peevish and touchy as a young badger.

All day without stint and all night long with the sweep of the hissing drift.

In a country where money was all-powerful the power of money was used without stint and without scruple.

I didn't stint myself; but a single glass makes one bad enough, so half a bottle was saved every day.

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