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stint

/stɪnt/noun, verb1 syllable

Stint means: smallest American sandpiper.

Synonyms for stint6

noun, as in smallest American sandpiper

least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla

noun, as in an unbroken period of time during which you do something

verb, as in subsist on a meager allowance

scrimp, skimp

verb, as in supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

skimp, scant

What does stint mean?5

noun

1

smallest American sandpiper

2

an unbroken period of time during which you do something“there were stretches of boredom”

3

an individual's prescribed share of work“her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her”

verb

1

subsist on a meager allowance“scratch and scrimp”

2

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities“stint with the allowance”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stint?9

one syllable

two syllables

reprintimprint
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Stint in a sentence

  • After a short stint in an elementary school, Yanni became an accountant.Amastan
  • I met her during my stint there.sacredceltic
  • Tom turned his life around after a stint in rehab.patgfisher

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of stint

as a noun

plural
stints

as a verb

past tense
stinted
present participle
stinting
third-person singular
stints
past participle
stinted