stint1
v.
[
often with neg.]
be restrictive or ungenerous towards or in the supply of.
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(
stint on)
be restrictive or frugal in acquiring or providing:
he doesn't stint on wining and dining.
n.
- an allotted period of work.
- limitation of supply or effort.
Etymology
OE styntan ‘make blunt’, of Gmc origin; rel. to stunt1.
stint2
n.
a very small short-legged northern sandpiper.
[
Calidris minuta (
little stint) and related species.]
Etymology
ME: of unknown origin.