stint.
To stop (an action); cease, desist.
Meaning & usage
To stop (an action); cease, desist.
To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
To be sparing or mean.
The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
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.
To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
He had a stint in jail.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown.
Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
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