Stint Definition
stĭnt
stints
verb
To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back.
The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice.
American Heritage
To restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty.
Webster's New World
To stop.
Webster's New World
To be sparing or grudging in giving or using.
Webster's New World
To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
noun
stints
Restriction; limit; limitation.
Webster's New World
A limited or fixed quantity, allotment, share, etc.
Webster's New World
A specified period of time spent doing something.
Webster's New World
An assigned task or quantity of work.
Webster's New World
Any of various small sandpipers, as the little stint (Calidris minuta)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- stretch
- Erolia minutilla
- least sandpiper
- office
- duty
- chore
- assignment
- job
- task
- consignment
- work
- limitation
- limit
- restriction
- watch
Origin of Stint
Old English styntan (“make blunt"), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta.
From Wiktionary
Middle English stinten to cease from Old English styntan to blunt
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English stint from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown.
From Wiktionary
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