stint

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”). ==== 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. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stop (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject). (intransitive) To be sparing or mean. Synonym: skimp (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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== stint Misspelling of stent (“medical device”). === Anagrams === 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints == Swedish == === Adjective === stint indefinite neuter singular of stinn === Adverb === stint (not comparable) without moving one's gaze, intensely === References === “stint”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stint”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stint”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === snitt