STINT
\stˈɪnt], \stˈɪnt], \s_t_ˈɪ_n_t]\
Definitions of STINT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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smallest American sandpiper
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an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
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an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
By Princeton University
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smallest American sandpiper
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supply sparingly, with a meager allowance
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an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
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an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
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To put an end to; to stop.
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To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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To stop; to cease.
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Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
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Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
By Oddity Software
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To keep within certain limits; to limit to a scant allowance; as, to stint the food.
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To be sparing or frugal.
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A limit or bound; amount fixed or task assigned.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Restriction.
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Limit; restraint; allotted share. esp. to an insufficiency.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman