stints in English

noun

1

a person's fixed or allotted period of work.

his varied career included a stint as a magician

synonyms: spell, stretch, turn, session, term, shift, tour of duty

2

limitation of supply or effort.

a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint

3

a small short-legged sandpiper of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts.

More than half a dozen species of birds have come to roost, which include black-winged stilts, cattle and little egrets, little stints , common sandpipers, pond herons and little winged plovers.

verb

1

supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something).

stowage room hasn't been stinted

noun

spell, stretch, turn, session, term, shift, tour of duty
stretch

verb

skimp on, scrimp, scant
skimp on, scrimp on, be economical with, economize on, be sparing with, hold back on, be frugal with, be mean with, be parsimonious with, limit, restrict, be stingy with, be mingy with, be tight with
scrimp, skimp
scant, skimp

Use "stints" in a sentence

1. This aircraft , HB - SIB , is intended to operate in stints of around five days and nights.

2. Since this is simply not possible, most must make do with short stints before being sent elsewhere.

3. Synonyms for Begrudges include envies, resents, grudges, covets, pinches, stints, eats your heart out, minds, regrets and objects to

4. Jordan has had a varied career including stints in the Navy, working as a busboy at nightclub Studio 54 and theatre production.

5. World Peace, who changed his name from Ron Artest, was playing for the Sichuan Blue whales in the Chinese Basketball Association after a long NBA career that included stints with the …

6. After many loan-stints around Brazil, he found more space going into J. League, where he played for Gamba Osaka, even winning a treble with the club in 2014.

7. Bather, whose CV includes stints as a trainer, amateur rider and employee of Ascot auctioneers Brightwells, now runs a livery, breaking and sales preparation operation at Hatfield Heath, as well as organising syndicates.