Stint
English Meaning
Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
- To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with.
- Archaic To cause to stop.
- To subsist on a meager allowance; be frugal.
- Archaic To stop or desist.
- A length of time spent in a particular way: a two-year stint in the military.
- A fixed amount or share of work allotted. See Synonyms at task.
- A limitation or restriction: working without stint.
- Any of several small sandpipers of the genera Erolia or Calidris, of northern regions.
