STINT
What does "STINT" mean?
A fixed or limited period spent doing a particular task or job.
Meanings
- A set period of time spent on an activity or in a role. She did a two-year stint as a foreign correspondent.
- To restrict or be sparing in supply, especially of food or money. Don't stint on the garlic - this dish needs it.
- A small migratory wading bird of the sandpiper family. A flock of little stints fed along the estuary mud. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'styntan' meaning to blunt or make dull, which evolved into a sense of cutting short or limiting; the bird name is of separate, uncertain origin.
Remember it
A STINT is a stretch of time you can't STretch INTo more - the word boxes the hours in.
A little poem
A stint is borrowed time you pay back whole-
spend it unstinting, or it stints your soul.
couplet
Wordplay
- I took a brief stint as a beekeeper. I didn't stint on the honey, but the bees stinted on patience.
What it teaches
A stint is short by design - the limit is what makes you spend it well.
Quick facts
What does STINT mean?
A fixed or limited period spent doing a particular task or job.
Is STINT a valid word?
Yes — STINT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STINT?
STINT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STINT come from?
From Old English 'styntan' meaning to blunt or make dull, which evolved into a sense of cutting short or limiting; the bird name is of separate, uncertain origin.
What can STINT teach us?
A stint is short by design - the limit is what makes you spend it well.
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