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Definition stint
Etymology 1
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in Old English ?stintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijan? and *stintan? (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
Verb
stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)
- (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 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.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Etymology 3
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Misspelling of stent (medical device).
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