stint

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /stɪnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #21637

Meanings

1

noun
an individual's prescribed share of work

My stint as a lifeguard exhausted my body.
2

verb
To stop (an action); cease, desist.

We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt.
3

verb
To be sparing or mean.

The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
4

verb
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

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.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to stop (an action); cease,... anchorastandblinbrake cease desistdraw upgrind to a halt

3 verb · to be sparing or mean. skimp

Word family

Forms stinting

Derived forms stinterstintlessstintyunstinting

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”).

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People & Society

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# stint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /stɪnt/
**Frequency rank:** 21637

## Meanings
1. an individual's prescribed share of work
2. To stop (an action); cease, desist.
3. To be sparing or mean.
4. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

## Examples
- My stint as a lifeguard exhausted my body.
- We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt.
- The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
- 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.

## Synonyms
- anchor
- astand
- blin
- brake
- cease
- desist
- draw up
- grind to a halt
- skimp

## Derived Forms
- stinter
- stintless
- stinty
- unstinting

## 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”).

## Topics
- People & Society

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