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stint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stretch |
| Type of | continuance, duration |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | erolia minutilla, least sandpiper |
| Type of | sandpiper |
Examples of stint
stint
To stay safe abroad, the country can't stint on national defense or foreign aid.
From the washingtonpost.com
Before his stint with the Ravens, McClain was a standout at Syracuse University.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Before going to Olympia, he served on the City Council and did a stint as mayor.
From the thenewstribune.com
During his stint, Wright displayed a calm manner, humour, patience and judgment.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Unfortunately, that would end up being the biggest win of Ray's four-year stint.
From the kentucky.com
Building on the progress Caldwell made in her short stint as head coach at UCLA.
From the dailynews.com
In his six-inning stint, McClellan allowed six hits and a walk and fanned seven.
From the stltoday.com
Misahl Husain's presenting stint on BBC2's Newsnight has been seen as a success.
From the guardian.co.uk
It was inspired by a stint of economic-indicator-watching during Christmas week.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
- Scrimp: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- Stretch: an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- Least sandpiper: smallest American sandpiper
- Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
- An individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
- (stinting) economical: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "` ...
- A stint is one of several very small waders in the paraphyletic "Calidris" assemblage - often separated in Erolia -, which in North America are known as peeps. They are scolopacid waders much similar in ecomorphology to their distant relatives, the charadriid plovers.
- A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell; To stop (an action); cease, desist; To stop speaking or talking (of a subject); To be sparing or mean
- (Stinting) Limiting, especially the rights of pasture.
