noun
stint
stihnt
noun
1
A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity.
"She did a two-year stint as a volunteer teacher in Kenya."
verb
1
To be sparing or stingy with something.
"He never stints on quality when it comes to ingredients."
How to Use Stint
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA set period spent doing something, or (as a verb) holding back on giving enough of something.
Common pairings
a brief stint
stint as
without stinting
Word Forms
stinted past tense, stints plural, stints plural, stints singular
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Etymology
From Old English styntan ("to make blunt"), which developed the sense of limiting or restricting something.