stint

Nouns

  • (n) an unbroken period of time during which you do something
    • there were stretches of boredom
    • he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
    stretch,
  • (n) smallest American sandpiper Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper,
  • (n) an individual's prescribed share of work
    • her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her

Verbs

  • (v) subsist on a meager allowance
    • scratch and scrimp
    scrimp, skimp,
  • (v) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
    • sting with the allowance
    scant, skimp,

Synonyms

stretch scrimp skimp scant Erolia minutilla least sandpiper

Words of close approximity

sting stink
stir
stick stiff stile still stilt sting stink stipe stirk
stinter stinting