Associations to the word «Stint»

STINT, noun. A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.

STINT, noun. Limit; bound; restraint; extent

STINT, noun. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

STINT, verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.

STINT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

STINT, verb. (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.

STINT, verb. (intransitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

STINT, verb. 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.

STINT, verb. To impregnate successfully; to get with foal; said of mares.

STINT, noun. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.

STINT, noun. Misspelling of stent (medical device).

STINT, noun. An unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary".

STINT, noun. Smallest American sandpiper.

STINT, noun. An individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her".

STINT, verb. Subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp".

STINT, verb. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance".