stint: Meaning and Definition of
stint
Pronunciation: (stint), [key] — v.i.
- to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
- to cease action; desist.
—v.t. - to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
- to bring to an end; check.
—n. - a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
- an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
- limitation or restriction, esp. as to amount: to give without stint.
- a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
- a pause; halt.
stint
Pronunciation: (stint), [key] — n.
- any of various small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, as the least sandpiper.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.