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stint

[ stint ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.
Synonyms: skimp, scrimp, economize
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.
Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift
a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.:
to exceed one's stint.
Synonyms: portion, allotment
Obsolete. a pause; halt.

stint

[ stint ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

stint

/ 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

stint

/ stɪnt /

noun

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

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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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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