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Definitions for Stint

[1] to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
[2] Archaic . to cease action; desist.
[3] to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
[4] Archaic . to bring to an end; check.
[5] a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
[6] an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
[7] limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.
[8] a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
[9] Obsolete . a pause; halt.
[10] any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.
[11] to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
[12] archaic to stop or check (something)
[13] an allotted or fixed amount of work
[14] a limitation or check
[15] obsolete a pause or stoppage
[16] any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia ), such as C. minuta (little stint )

Words related to Stint

duty, stretch, assignment, spell, tour, job, scrimp, chore, task, shift, work, share, term, quota, turn, consignment, time, bit, participation, grudge

Words nearby Stint

stinkweed, stinkwood, stinky, stinky pinky, stinnes, stint, stipe, stipel, stipend, stipendiary, stipes

Origin of Stint

21425–75; late Middle English stynte < ?

Words that may be confused with Stint

stent, stint

Other words from Stint

stint·ed·ly , adverb
stint·ed·ness , noun
stint·er , noun
stint·ing·ly , adverb
stint·less , adjective
un·stint·ed , adjective
un·stint·ing , adjective
un·stint·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Stint

Old English; related to Middle High German stinz small salmon, Swedish dialect stinta teenager; see stunt 1

Synonyms for Stint

assignment, duty, job, spell, stretch, tour, bit, chore, consignment, participation, quota, share, shift, task, term, time, turn, work