Meaning of Stint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
2. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
3. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
4. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
5. A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.

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Examples

“He had a stint in jail.”

“Lilian Greenwood has ranked boosting diversity and inclusivity among her crowning achievements from her two-year stint chairing the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.”

“God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.”

“Jack bovv'd and vvas oblig'd—confeſs'd 'tvvas ſtrange / That ſo retir'd he ſhould not vviſh a change, / But knevv no medium betvveen guzzling beer, / And his old stint—three thouſand pounds a year.”

“That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.”

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