stint
Use Stint in a sentence
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)
3.
to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
4.
Archaic. to bring to an end; check.
noun
5.
a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
6.
an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
7.
limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.
8.
a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
9.
Obsolete. a pause; halt.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
stint·ed·ly, adverb
stint·ed·ness, noun
stint·er, noun
stint·ing·ly, adverb
stint·less, adjective
Synonyms
3. confine, restrain. 7. restraint, constraint. 8. allotment, portion.
3. confine, restrain. 7. restraint, constraint. 8. allotment, portion.
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stint1 (stɪnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something) |
| 2. | archaic to stop or check (something) |
| —n | |
| 3. | an allotted or fixed amount of work |
| 4. | a limitation or check |
| 5. | obsolete a pause or stoppage |
| [Old English styntan to blunt; related to Old Norse stytta to cut short; see | |
| 'stinter1 | |
| —n | |
| stint2 (stɪnt) | |
| —n | |
| any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint) | |
| [Old English; related to Middle High German stinz small salmon, Swedish dialect stinta teenager; see | |
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Word Origin & History
stint
"to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," O.E. styntan "to blunt, make dull," from P.Gmc. *stuntijanan (cf. O.N. stuttr "short, scant," M.H.G. stunz "blunt, short," Ger. stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE base *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see
steep (adj.)). The noun is attested from c.1300.
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Example sentences
After a stint as a public responsibility, they are now migrating back.
But if you want to move out of academe, for example, you might use your sabbatical to do a stint in a private-sector job.
He also served a stint as acting supervisor in the aquatic species and regulatory affairs unit.
After a stint as a magician, he enrolled in a computer course.
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