Thesaurus: stint

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1. n. Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
2. n. A phalarope.
3. v. t. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
4. v. t. To put an end to; to stop.
5. v. t. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
6. v. t. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
7. v. i. To stop; to cease.
8. v. t. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
9. v. t. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
10. n. an unbroken period of time during which you do something
11. n. smallest American sandpiper
12. n. an individual's prescribed share of work