Meaning of stint

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. to cease action; desist.

1. to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
2. to bring to an end; check.

1. a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
2. an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
3. limitation or restriction, esp. as to amount: to give without stint.
4. a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
5. a pause; halt.

stint

1. any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.