Added 10 October 2026
stint
/stɪnt/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stint at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
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Subsist on a meager allowance.
scratch and scrimp
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Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.
stint with the allowance
Origin
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
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