stint
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[ stint ]
/ stɪnt /
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
Archaic.
to cease action; desist.
verb (used with object)
to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
Archaic.
to bring to an end; check.
noun
Origin of stint
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1150–1200; (v.) Middle English
stinten, Old English
styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse
stytta to shorten; cf.
stunt1
OTHER WORDS FROM stint
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH stint
stent stintWords nearby stint
stinkweed,
stinkwood,
stinky,
stinky pinky,
stinnes,
stint,
stipe,
stipel,
stipend,
stipendiary,
stipes
Example sentences from the Web for stinted
British Dictionary definitions for stinted (1 of 2)
stint
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/ (stɪnt) /
verb
to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
archaic
to stop or check (something)
noun
an allotted or fixed amount of work
a limitation or check
obsolete
a pause or stoppage
Derived forms of stint
stinter, nounWord Origin for stint
Old English
styntan to blunt; related to Old Norse
stytta to cut short; see
stunt
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British Dictionary definitions for stinted (2 of 2)
stint
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/ (stɪnt) /
noun
any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint)
Word Origin for stint
Old English; related to Middle High German
stinz small salmon, Swedish dialect
stinta teenager; see
stunt
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