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- DictionaryStint/stint/
verb
- 1. supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted"
noun
- 1. a person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
- 2. limitation of supply or effort: "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"
The meaning of STINT is a period of time spent at a particular activity. How to use stint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stint.
STINT definition: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.
a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army. an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint. Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift.
STINT meaning: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.
Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job. You apply for a job, but you refer to your past stint in the Peace Corps. As a verb, stint means to be sparing or frugal, or restrict in a stingy manner ("to skimp").
A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. He is returning to this country after a five-year stint abroad.
Define stint. stint synonyms, stint pronunciation, stint translation, English dictionary definition of stint. v. stint·ed , stint·ing , stints v. intr. 1. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine.
Definition of stint noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a period of time spent doing something: He had a two-year stint as a teacher in Spain. (Definition of stint from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of stint verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
