stint

Meanings

Plural: stints

Noun

an unbroken period of time during which you do something
smallest American sandpiper
an individual's prescribed share of work
- "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).

Verb

subsist on a meager allowance
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
To stop (an action); cease, desist.
To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
To be sparing or mean.
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.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, desist, draw up, Erolia minutilla, grind to a halt, halt, hold, immobilize, least sandpiper, leave off, rest, scant, scrimp, skimp, stall, stay, stint, stop, stretch, swike

Scrabble Score: 5

stint is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stint is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stint is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

stint is a valid Words With Friends word