stint

[ stint ]

/ stɪnt /

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verb (used without object)

to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.

Archaic. to cease action; desist.

verb (used with object)

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

Archaic. to bring to an end; check.

noun

a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.

an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.

limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.

a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.

Obsolete. a pause; halt.

OTHER WORDS FOR stint

3 confine, restrain.

7 restraint, constraint.

8 allotment, portion.

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Origin of stint

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English stinten,Old English styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse stytta to shorten; cf. stunt¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stint

stint·ed·ly, adverbstint·ed·ness, nounstinter, nounstint·ing·ly, adverb

stintless, adjectiveun·stint·ed, adjectiveun·stint·ing, adjectiveun·stint·ing·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH stint

stent, stint

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stint²

[ stint ]

/ stɪnt /

noun

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

Origin of stint

1425–75; late Middle English stynte< ?

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How to use stint in a sentence

He then had stints as the major league bullpen coach and bench coach, didn’t have his contract renewed once manager Matt Williams was fired, and came back as a senior adviser to General Manager Mike Rizzo, focusing on player development.
Dave Martinez’s new contract gave him the freedom to reshape his coaching staff. He used it.|Jesse Dougherty|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
Wilpert grew up in the area but only moved back to San Diego and her former neighborhood in December 2017 to take the job at the city attorney’s office after law school and a stint in the Peace Corps.
The Ultimate Guide to the Local Election|Voice of San Diego|October 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The jet suit’s inventor, Richard Browning, had left a career in the energy industry and a stint in the Royal Marines, to go after a childhood dream.
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Like Addo, Lechoncito also started as a pop-up, with a brief stint inside a whiskey distillery, but now Lechoncito food is sold through Addo a few times a month.
Eric Rivera Is Playing the Game|Alberto Perez|October 1, 2020|Eater

“We need a commitment for the duration, not just a small stint, so that we have the confidence to move forward and plan, which is so much a part of running a small business,” says Sara Conklin, the founder of Glasserie, a restaurant in Brooklyn.
What small-business owners need from the 2020 election|Anne Sraders|September 30, 2020|Fortune
The ox should be as little abused by threats and whipping, as by stinted feed and overtasked labor.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
This is not unfrequently hollow stomach, and very often follows stinted fare, hard usage, and exposure to cold.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
After calving, she should be stinted in her food for two or three days, and not fed freely for a week.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
If pushed rapidly with proper food, they will of course be ripe much sooner than if stinted.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
Only enough is obtained to afford them a stinted repast—a mere luncheon.
The Land of Fire|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for stint (1 of 2)

stint¹

/ (stɪnt) /

verb

to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)

archaic to stop or check (something)

noun

an allotted or fixed amount of work

a limitation or check

obsolete a pause or stoppage

Derived forms of stint

stinter, noun

Word Origin for stint

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

British Dictionary definitions for stint (2 of 2)

stint²

/ (stɪnt) /

noun

any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint)

Word Origin for stint

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

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