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Rarestint
The correct spelling is stint.
How to pronounce stint
/stɪnt/
nounIPA: /stɪnt/
Say it like: Sti-nt
The correct spelling is stint. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. For example: "He had a stint in jail."
Usage Examples
“He had a stint in jail.”
“The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- 2.Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- 3.Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- 4.Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
verb
- 1.To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- 2.To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- 3.To be sparing or mean.
- 4.To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 5.To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
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