noun
Meaning 1
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He had a stint in jail.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stint
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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verb
Meaning 7
To stop (an action); cease, desist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, desist, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, immobilize, leave off, rest, stall, stay, stint, stop, swike
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To be sparing or mean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skimp
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 12
To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 13
an individual's prescribed share of work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: job, task, chore
noun
Meaning 14
smallest American sandpiper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sandpiper
noun
Meaning 15
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there were stretches of boredom
- he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stretch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duration, continuance
verb
Meaning 16
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sting with the allowance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skimp, scant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
verb
Meaning 17
subsist on a meager allowance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scratch and scrimp
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrimp, skimp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: save
History
Etymology
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Origin unknown.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: (pracovní) pobyt — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Czech: působení — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Czech: stáž — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Dutch: periode — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Finnish: jakso — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Finnish: kausi — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Finnish: aika — a period of time spent doing or being something
- French: passage — a period of time spent doing or being something
- French: séjour — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Italian: gavetta — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Norwegian Bokmål: stund — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Polish: epizod — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Russian: бы́тность (býtnostʹ) — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Spanish: tiempo — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Spanish: lapso — a period of time spent doing or being something
- Czech: penzum — quantity or task assigned
- Czech: pracovní úkol — quantity or task assigned
- Czech: příděl — quantity or task assigned
- Irish: tasc — quantity or task assigned
- Spanish: turno — quantity or task assigned
- Bulgarian: малък брегобегач (malǎk bregobegač) — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Finnish: sirri — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- German: Strandläufer — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Hungarian: partfutó — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Romanian: fugaci — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Russian: песочник (pesočnik) — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Spanish: correlimos — wading bird of the genus Calidris
- Finnish: lopettaa — to stop, cease, desist
- Spanish: cesar — to stop, cease, desist
- Finnish: vaieta — to stop speaking or talking
- Finnish: lopettaa — to stop speaking or talking
- Spanish: callarse — to stop speaking or talking
- Bulgarian: скъпя се (skǎpja se) — to be sparing or mean
- Bulgarian: свиди ми се (svidi mi se) — to be sparing or mean
- Czech: skrblit — to be sparing or mean
- Czech: být skoupý — to be sparing or mean
- Finnish: pihistellä — to be sparing or mean
- Finnish: pihtailla — to be sparing or mean
- Finnish: nuukailla — to be sparing or mean
- Finnish: säästää — to be sparing or mean
- German: geizen — to be sparing or mean
- Māori: kaihākere — to be sparing or mean
- Māori: hākere — to be sparing or mean
- Polish: skąpić — to be sparing or mean
- Russian: скупи́ться (skupítʹsja) — to be sparing or mean
- Spanish: escatimar — to be sparing or mean
- Czech: omezovat — to restrain
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