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stint (stint)

transitive verb

  1. to restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty
  2. Archaic to stop

Etymology: ME stinten, to stint, cease, stop < OE styntan, to blunt or dull, akin to stunt, blunt, dull: see stunt

intransitive verb

  1. to be sparing or grudging in giving or using
  2. Archaic to stop

noun

  1. restriction; limit; limitation
  2. Now Rare a limited or fixed quantity, allotment, share, etc.
    1. an assigned task or quantity of work
    2. a specified period of time spent doing something

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stint2 definition

stint (stint)

noun

any of various small sandpipers, as the little stint (Calidris minuta)

Etymology: LME stynte < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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