stint
/stɪnt/noun, verb1 syllable
Stint means: smallest American sandpiper.
Synonyms for stint6
noun, as in smallest American sandpiper
least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla
noun, as in an unbroken period of time during which you do something
verb, as in subsist on a meager allowance
scrimp, skimp
verb, as in supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
skimp, scant
What does stint mean?5
noun
1
smallest American sandpiper
2
an unbroken period of time during which you do something“there were stretches of boredom”
3
an individual's prescribed share of work“her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her”
verb
1
subsist on a meager allowance“scratch and scrimp”
2
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities“stint with the allowance”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with stint?9
Stint in a sentence
- After a short stint in an elementary school, Yanni became an accountant.Amastan
- I met her during my stint there.sacredceltic
- Tom turned his life around after a stint in rehab.patgfisher
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Forms of stint
as a noun
- plural
- stints
as a verb
- past tense
- stinted
- present participle
- stinting
- third-person singular
- stints
- past participle
- stinted