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- [stint]
- /stɪnt/
- /stɪnt/
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- [stint]
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Definitions of stint word
- verb without object stint to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money. 1
- verb without object stint Archaic. to cease action; desist. 1
- verb with object stint to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict. 1
- verb with object stint Archaic. to bring to an end; check. 1
- noun stint any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper. 1
- noun stint time period 1
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Origin of stint
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; (v.) Middle English stinten, Old English styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse stytta to shorten; cf. stunt1
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Parts of speech for Stint
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stint popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
stint usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stint
noun stint
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- annuity — An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
- bout — If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
verb stint
- begrudge — If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- economize — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- grudge — a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
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