Overview of noun stint

The noun stint has 3 senses

• stretch, stint -- (an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary")


• least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla -- (smallest American sandpiper)


• stint -- (an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her")

Overview of verb stint

The verb stint has 2 senses

• scrimp, stint, skimp -- (subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp")


• stint, skimp, scant -- (supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance")