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- Dictionarystint/stɪnt/
verb
- 1. supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted"
noun
- 1. a person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
- 2. limitation of supply or effort: "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"
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STINT definition: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.
The meaning of STINT is a period of time spent at a particular activity. How to use stint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stint.
The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer." Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job.
A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.
a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army. an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint. Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift.
1. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice. 2. Archaic To stop or desist. v.tr. 1. a. To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed: "found his living so expensive that he had to stint his family" (William Marvel). b.
to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something: The bride's parents did not stint on the champagne - there was plenty for everyone. Don't stint yourself - take another slice of cake. See also. unstinting formal.
verb. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back. The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice. American Heritage. To restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To stop. Webster's New World.
noun. /stɪnt/ (+ adv./prep.) a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity. He did a stint abroad early in his career. He hated his two-year stint in the Navy. I’ve done my stint in the kitchen for today. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Join us.
a period of time spent doing something: He had a two-year stint as a teacher in Spain. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of stint from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stint.
