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stint
1[ stint ]
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: , ,
- 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: , , ,
- a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.:
to exceed one's stint.
Synonyms: ,
- Obsolete. a pause; halt.
stint
2[ stint ]
noun
- any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.
stint
1/ ɪԳ /
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
2/ ɪԳ /
noun
- any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia ), such as C. minuta ( little stint )
Derived Forms
- ˈپԳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- پԳĻ· adverb
- پԳĻ·Ա noun
- پԳİ noun
- پԳiԲ· adverb
- پԳl adjective
- ܲ·پԳĻ adjective
- ܲ·پԳiԲ adjective
- un·پԳiԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stint1
Origin of stint2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stint1
Origin of stint2
Example Sentences
He picked up seven trophies with the Riders and then three more from a stint with London Lions before heading north to join the Eagles in 2023.
The team said Snell has left shoulder inflammation, and backdated his IL stint to April 3.
Last year, that might have meant their pace advantage would have grown through the stints, creating an overtaking possibility.
There were photos of a baby-faced Sanders on his first day on the job, fresh from stints working for the Peace Corps and for lawyers representing fishermen affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
In Division Two, another man returning to captaincy is Madsen at Derbyshire, who resumes the position nine years after stepping down from his first stint.
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