NOUN | time | stint, stretch | an unbroken period of time during which you do something |
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animal | stint, least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla | smallest American sandpiper | |
act | stint | an individual's prescribed share of work | |
VERB | possession | stint, scrimp, skimp | subsist on a meager allowance |
possession | stint, skimp, scant | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities |
Sounds | stih'nt | |
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Rhymes | ament ... varmint: 39 rhymes with ihnt... |
Meaning | An unbroken period of time during which you do something. | |
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Synonym | stretch | |
Broader | duration, continuance | The period of time during which something continues |
Spanish | período | |
Catalan | període |
Meaning | smallest American sandpiper. | |
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Synonyms | least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla | |
Member of | Erolia, genus Erolia | A genus of Scolopacidae |
Broader | sandpiper | Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call |
Meaning | An individual's prescribed share of work. | |
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Example | "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her" | |
Broader | job, task, chore | A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee |
Meaning | subsist on a meager allowance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s on something | |
Synonyms | scrimp, skimp | |
Broader | save | spend less |
Spanish | escatimar | |
Catalan | escatimar | |
Nouns | stinter | an economizer who stints someone with something |
Meaning | Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | skimp, scant | |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
Spanish | escatimar | |
Nouns | stinter | an economizer who stints someone with something |
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