1. An unbroken period of time during which you do something
   "there were stints of boredom";
   - stretch
    
2. An individual's prescribed share of work
   "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
    
3. Smallest American sandpiper
   "A flock of stints probed the mudflats for food";
   - least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla

1. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
   "stint with the allowance";
   - skimp, scant [N. Amer]
    
2. Live frugally by cutting costs or expenditure
   "They had to stint on groceries during the recession";
   - scrimp, skimp

Derived forms: stinting, stinted, stints

Type of: chore, continuance, duration, furnish, job, offer, provide, render, sandpiper, save, supply, task

Part of: Erolia, genus Erolia

Encyclopedia: Stint, Temminck’s