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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 Word Forms
- پԳĻ· adverb
- پԳĻ·Ա noun
- پԳİ noun
- پԳiԲ· adverb
- پԳl adjective
- ܲ·پԳĻ adjective
- ܲ·پԳiԲ adjective
- un·پԳiԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of stint1
Origin of stint2
Word History and Origins
Origin of stint1
Origin of stint2
Example Sentences
But no manager will ever compare to the iconic Argentine Bielsa - who was sacked 18 months into his Premier League stint - to Leeds fans.
He had five more managerial stints, with his hometown club Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Blackburn, Sunderland and Birmingham before returning to The Hawthorns.
Leclerc, by contrast, drove an outstanding race with a long first stint on the medium tyres to catch and pass Mercedes' George Russell for the final podium place.
Such conflicting emotions mirror the way Woodward reflects on his Rangers tenure at large — a four-season stint with what was then a rebuilding ball club that taught Woodward much, but ended on a sour note.
Alabama is all she’s ever known, aside from a brief stint in Athens, where she first set out to make a name for herself at the University of Georgia.
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