Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back.
- intransitive verb Archaic To stop or desist.
- intransitive verb To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed.
- intransitive verb To restrict (something supplied); be sparing with.
- intransitive verb Archaic To cause to stop.
- noun A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty.
- noun A limitation or restriction.
- noun Any of several small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, primarily of the Eastern Hemisphere.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cause to cease; put an end to; stay; stop.
- To bring to a stand; stay; put a stop to.
- To forbear; cease.
- To limit; restrain; restrict; hence, to limit or confine to a scanty allowance: as, to
stint one's self in food; to stint service or help. - To assign a definite task to; prescribe a specified amount of labor for: as, to
stint a pupil or a servant. Seestint , n., 2. - To cover or serve (a mare) successfully; get with foal. See the quotation under stinted, 2.
- To cease; desist; stay; stop; hold.
- To be saving or careful in expenditure.
- noun Limit; bound; limitation; restriction; restraint: as, common without stint (that is, without limitation or restriction as to the extent of the pasturage, the number of cattle to be pastured, or the period of the year).
- noun Fixed amount or quantity; allowance; prescribed or allotted task or performance: as, a certain stint of work.
- noun One of several small species of sandpiper, especially of the genus Actodromas; a sandpeep.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (
Tringa minuta ), etc. Called alsopume . - noun A phalarope.
- intransitive verb Archaic To stop; to cease.
- noun Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- noun Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- transitive verb To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- transitive verb obsolete To put an end to; to stop.
- transitive verb To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
- transitive verb To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Common misspelling of
stent (medical device). - noun A
period oftime spent doing or being something. A spell. - noun
limit ;bound ;restraint ;extent - noun Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- verb archaic, intransitive To
stop (an action);cease ,desist . - verb obsolete, intransitive To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- verb intransitive To be
sparing ormean . - noun Any of several very small
wading birds in the genusCalidris . Types ofsandpiper , such as thedunlin or thesanderling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- verb supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- noun smallest American sandpiper
- noun an individual's prescribed share of work
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Persons in positions of authority don't seem to possess much more experience in education, never having taught or perhaps only going through a short-term stint that they knew was going to end from the start.
Shaun Johnson: Are Parents a Privileged Class in Education? Shaun Johnson 2011
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Persons in positions of authority don't seem to possess much more experience in education, never having taught or perhaps only going through a short-term stint that they knew was going to end from the start.
Shaun Johnson: Are Parents a Privileged Class in Education? Shaun Johnson 2011
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The last time I worked with Rick Sanchez, during a fill-in stint he did on American Morning, he stood next to my desk for a few minutes and groused about the way CNN covered news.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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Persons in positions of authority don't seem to possess much more experience in education, never having taught or perhaps only going through a short-term stint that they knew was going to end from the start.
Shaun Johnson: Are Parents a Privileged Class in Education? Shaun Johnson 2011
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The last time I worked with Rick Sanchez, during a fill-in stint he did on American Morning, he stood next to my desk for a few minutes and groused about the way CNN covered news.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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The last time I worked with Rick Sanchez, during a fill-in stint he did on American Morning, he stood next to my desk for a few minutes and groused about the way CNN covered news.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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The last time I worked with Rick Sanchez, during a fill-in stint he did on American Morning, he stood next to my desk for a few minutes and groused about the way CNN covered news.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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This guest posting stint is very strange: I am simply unused to the idea of reading so many positive comments about Matt Yglesias on this blog. shawn Says:
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The last time I worked with Rick Sanchez, during a fill-in stint he did on American Morning, he stood next to my desk for a few minutes and groused about the way CNN covered news.
Chez Pazienza: I, Sanchez Chez Pazienza 2010
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And the best of the grub was not good, while we went on stint from the start.
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
hernesheir commented on the word stint
It's a bird.
September 17, 2013