stint
verb
[ stɪnt ]
• supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something).
• "stowage room hasn't been stinted"
stint
noun
• a person's fixed or allotted period of work.
• "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
Similar:
spell,
stretch,
period,
time,
turn,
run,
session,
term,
shift,
tour of duty,
watch,
• limitation of supply or effort.
• "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"
Origin:
Old English styntan ‘make blunt’, of Germanic origin; related to stunt1.
stint
noun
• a small short-legged sandpiper of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts.
Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin.
