STINT


Meaning of STINT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stɪnt ]

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly. 2 (often refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way. --n. 1 a limitation of supply or effort (without stint). 2 a fixed or allotted amount of work (do one's stint). 3 a small sandpiper, esp. a dunlin. øøstinter n. stintless adj. [OE styntan to blunt, dull, f. Gmc, rel. to STUNT(1)]

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