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stint

1

[ stint ]

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)

  1. to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. Archaic. to bring to an end; check.

noun

  1. a period of time spent doing something:

    a two-year stint in the army.

  2. an allotted amount or piece of work:

    to do one's daily stint.

  3. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount:

    to give without stint.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.:

    to exceed one's stint.

    Synonyms: ,

  5. Obsolete. a pause; halt.

stint

2

[ stint ]

noun

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

stint

1

/ ɪԳ /

verb

  1. to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
  2. archaic.
    to stop or check (something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an allotted or fixed amount of work
  2. a limitation or check
  3. obsolete.
    a pause or stoppage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stint

2

/ ɪԳ /

noun

  1. any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia ), such as C. minuta ( little stint )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپԳٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • پԳĻ· adverb
  • پԳĻ·Ա noun
  • پԳİ noun
  • پԳiԲ· adverb
  • پԳl adjective
  • ܲ·پԳĻ adjective
  • ܲ·پԳiԲ adjective
  • un·پԳiԲ· adverb
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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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.

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The team said Snell has left shoulder inflammation, and backdated his IL stint to April 3.

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Last year, that might have meant their pace advantage would have grown through the stints, creating an overtaking possibility.

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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.

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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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