stint

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Etymology 1

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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

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stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
  3. (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
    Synonym: skimp
    The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
  4. (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
    • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies:
      I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produćtion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants
    • 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life:
      She stints them in their meals.
  5. 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.
  6. (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
    • 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field:
      The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
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Noun

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stint (plural stints)

  1. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
    He had a stint in jail.
    • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.
    • 2020 May 20, “Network News: A legacy of greater diversity in transport”, in Rail, page 13:
      Lilian Greenwood has ranked boosting diversity and inclusivity among her crowning achievements from her two-year stint chairing the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
  2. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
  3. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
    • 1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 288:
      Jack bovv'd and vvas oblig'd—confeſs'd 'tvvas ſtrange / That ſo retir'd he ſhould not vviſh a change, / But knevv no medium betvveen guzzling beer, / And his old stint—three thouſand pounds a year.
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Etymology 2

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Origin unknown.

Noun

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stint (plural stints)

  1. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
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Noun

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stint (plural stints)

  1. Misspelling of stent (medical device).

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Adjective

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stint

  1. indefinite neuter singular of stinn

Adverb

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stint (not comparable)

  1. without moving one's gaze, intensely
    se någon stint i ögonen
    look someone right in the eye

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