stint

1. 1.

   subsist on a meager allowance

   “scratch and scrimp”

   Synonymsscrimpskimp

   Broadersave
2. 2.

   supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

   “stint with the allowance”

   Synonymsskimpscant

   Broadersupply

Other forms of stint

plural

stints·

past tense

stinted·

present participle

stinting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stint

What does stint mean?

stint means "an unbroken period of time during which you do something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stint?

stint has 1 syllable: stint. In IPA it is /ˈstɪnt/.

What is another word for stint?

Close synonyms include stretch, least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla, scrimp, skimp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stint a common word?

stint is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.