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ALL meanings of stint

stint
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  • noun stint time period 1
  • noun stint session of work, duty 1
  • intransitive verb stint be sparing 1
  • 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
  • countable noun stint A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. 0
  • verb stint to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something) 0
  • verb stint to stop or check (something) 0
  • noun stint an allotted or fixed amount of work 0
  • noun stint a limitation or check 0
  • noun stint a pause or stoppage 0
  • noun stint any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint) 0
  • verb transitive stint to restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty 0
  • verb transitive stint to stop 0
  • intransitive verb stint to be sparing or grudging in giving or using 0
  • noun stint restriction; limit; limitation 0
  • noun stint a limited or fixed quantity, allotment, share, etc. 0
  • noun stint an assigned task or quantity of work 0
  • noun stint a specified period of time spent doing something 0
  • noun stint any of various small sandpipers, as the little stint (Calidris minuta) 0
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