stint
1to 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.
to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
Archaic. to bring to an end; check.
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.
Origin of stint
1Other words for stint
Other words from stint
- stint·ed·ly, adverb
- stint·ed·ness, noun
- stinter, noun
- stint·ing·ly, adverb
- stintless, adjective
- un·stint·ed, adjective
- un·stint·ing, adjective
- un·stint·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with stint
- stent, stint
Other definitions for stint (2 of 2)
any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.
Origin of stint
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British Dictionary definitions for stint (1 of 2)
/ (stɪnt) /
to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
archaic to stop or check (something)
an allotted or fixed amount of work
a limitation or check
obsolete a pause or stoppage
Origin of stint
1Derived forms of stint
- stinter, noun
British Dictionary definitions for stint (2 of 2)
/ (stɪnt) /
any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint)
Origin of stint
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