Stint
WordNet
noun
(1) An individuals prescribed share of work
"Her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
(2) Smallest American sandpiper
(3) An unbroken period of time during which you do something
"There were stretches of boredom"
"He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
verb
(4) Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
"Sting with the allowance"
(5) Subsist on a meager allowance
"Scratch and scrimp"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Old English styntan ‘make blunt’, probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta.
Verb
- To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- Late C14: Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- To be sparing or mean.
- The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
Noun
Noun
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- (Medical) Misspelling of stent.