noun. Any of several small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, primarily of the Eastern Hemisphere.

intransitive verb. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back.

intransitive verb. To stop or desist.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed.

intransitive verb. To restrict (something supplied); be sparing with.

intransitive verb. To cause to stop.

noun. A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty.

noun. A limitation or restriction.

To cause to cease; put an end to; stay; stop.

To bring to a stand; stay; put a stop to.

To forbear; cease.

To limit; restrain; restrict; hence, to limit or confine to a scanty allowance: as, to stint one's self in food; to stint service or help.

To assign a definite task to; prescribe a specified amount of labor for: as, to stint a pupil or a servant. See stint, n., 2.

To cover or serve (a mare) successfully; get with foal. See the quotation under stinted, 2.

To cease; desist; stay; stop; hold.

To be saving or careful in expenditure.

noun. Limit; bound; limitation; restriction; restraint: as, common without stint (that is, without limitation or restriction as to the extent of the pasturage, the number of cattle to be pastured, or the period of the year).

noun. Fixed amount or quantity; allowance; prescribed or allotted task or performance: as, a certain stint of work.

noun. One of several small species of sandpiper, especially of the genus Actodromas; a sandpeep.

intransitive verb. To stop; to cease.

noun. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

noun. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

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

transitive verb. To put an end to; to stop.

transitive verb. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.

transitive verb. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

noun. Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.

noun. A phalarope.

noun. A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell.

noun. limit; bound; restraint; extent

noun. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

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

verb. To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

verb. To be sparing or mean.

noun. Common misspelling of stent (medical device).

noun. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.

noun. an unbroken period of time during which you do something

verb. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

noun. smallest American sandpiper

noun. an individual's prescribed share of work

verb. subsist on a meager allowance

"This guest posting stint is very strange: I am simply unused to the idea of reading so many positive comments about Matt Yglesias on this blog. shawn Says:"

limit  

chore  continuance  duration  furnish  job  

Clint  Flint  Schwindt  clint  dint  

assignment  cruise  enlistment  furlough  hiatus  

allotment  amount  anchor watch  apportionment  assignment  

pume  

stinted  stinting  stints