stint

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   A phalarope.

3. 3transitive verb

   To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

4. 4transitive verb

   To put an end to; to stop.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To stop; to cease.

8. 8transitive verb

   Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

9. 9transitive verb

   Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

10. 10noun

    an individual's prescribed share of work

    "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"

11. 11noun

    smallest American sandpiper

12. 12noun

    an unbroken period of time during which you do something

    "there were stretches of boredom"

    "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

    Synonyms

    stretch
13. 13verb

    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

    "sting with the allowance"

    Synonyms

    scantskimp
14. 14verb

    subsist on a meager allowance

    "scratch and scrimp"

    Synonyms

    scrimpskimp