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Meaning
Verb
●
To
stop
(an
action
);
cease
, desist.
●
To
stop
speaking
or
talking
(of a subject).
●
To be
sparing
or mean.
●
To
restrain
within certain
limits
; to
bound
; to
restrict
to a
scant
allowance.
●
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.
●
To
impregnate
successfully
; to
get with
foal.
Noun
●
In Time:
A
period of time
spent
doing or being something; a spell.
●
Limit;
bound
;
restraint
; extent.
●
Quantity or
task
assigned
;
proportion
allotted.
●
In Scolopacids:
Any of several very small
wading birds
in the
genus
Calidris. Types of
sandpiper
, such as the
dunlin
or the sanderling.
●
Misspelling of
stent
(medical device).
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Origin
stint
English
styntan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Jaunt
Comeback
Reign
Visit
Crackdown
Binge
Outing
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Rhymes
Tint
In'T
Lint
Dint
Bint
Mint
Hint
Stint
Flint
Glint
Skint
Clint
Print
Squint
Aglint
Sprint
Pawprint
Misprint
Skinflint
Blueprint
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