stint as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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stint
noun
1 stint
An unbroken period of time during which you do something.
synonym: stretch.
Roget 640:
insufficiency;
inadequacy,
inadequateness;
incompetence
etc.
(impotence)
158;
deficiency
etc.
(incompleteness)
53;
imperfection
etc.
651;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
paucity;
stint;
scantiness
etc.
(smallness)
32;
none to spare,
bare subsistence.
scarcity,
dearth;
want,
need,
lack,
poverty,
exigency;
inanition,
starvation,
famine,
drought.
dole,
mite,
pittance;
short allowance,
short commons;
half rations;
banyan day.
emptiness,
poorness
etc.
adj.;
depletion,
vacancy,
flaccidity;
ebb tide;
low water;
a beggarly account of empty boxes"
[Romeo and Juliet];
indigence
etc.
804;
insolvency
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
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Roget 233:
limit,
boundary,
bounds,
confine,
enclave,
term,
bourn,
verge,
curbstone†,
but,
pale,
reservation;
termination,
terminus;
stint,
frontier,
precinct,
marches;
backwoods.
boundary line,
landmark;
line of demarcation,
line of circumvallation†;
pillars of Hercules;
Rubicon,
turning point;
ne plus ultra [Lat.];
sluice,
floodgate.
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Roget 26:
degree,
grade,
extent,
measure,
amount,
ratio,
stint,
standard,
height,
pitch;
reach,
amplitude,
range,
scope,
caliber;
gradation,
shade;
tenor,
compass;
sphere,
station,
rank,
standing;
rate,
way,
sort.
point,
mark,
stage
etc.
(term)
71;
intensity,
strength
etc.
(greatness)
31.
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Roget 819:
parsimony,
parcity†;
parsimoniousness†,
stinginess
etc.
adj.;
stint;
illiberality,
tenacity.
avarice,
greed
etc.
817.1.
miser,
niggard,
churl,
screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm†,
scrimp,
lickpenny†,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
Harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
Jew,
usurer;
Hessian [U.S.];
pinch fist,
pinch penny.
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2 stint
3 stint
An individual's prescribed share of work.
verb
1 stint
Subsist on a meager allowance.
synonyms: scrimp, skimp.
Roget 640:
be insufficient
etc.
adj.;
not suffice
etc.
639;
come short of
etc.
304;
run dry.
want,
lack,
need,
require;
caret;
be in want
etc.
(poor)
804,
live from hand to mouth.
render insufficient
etc.
Adj.;
drain of resources,
impoverish
etc.
(waste)
638;
stint
etc.
(begrudge)
819;
put on short allowance.
do insufficiently
etc.
adv.;
scotch the snake.
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Roget 819:
be parsimonious
etc.
adj.;
grudge,
begrudge,
stint,
pinch,
gripe,
screw,
dole out,
hold back,
withhold,
starve,
famish,
live upon nothing,
skin a flint.
drive a bargain,
drive a hard bargain;
cheapen,
beat down;
stop one hole in a sieve;
have an itching palm,
grasp,
grab.
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Dutch: karig
2 stint
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities:
— Stint with the allowance.
synonyms: scant, skimp.
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