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Stinter
see synonyms of stinterNoun
1. stinter
an economizer who stints someone with something
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Stinter
see synonyms of stinterverb
1.
to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)
2. archaic
to stop or check (something)
noun
3.
an allotted or fixed amount of work
4.
a limitation or check
5. obsolete
a pause or stoppage
noun
any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint)
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Stinter
see synonyms of stinter verb transitive
1.
to restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty
2. Archaic
to stop
verb intransitive
3.
to be sparing or grudging in giving or using
4. Archaic
to stop
noun
5.
restriction; limit; limitation
6. Rare
a limited or fixed quantity, allotment, share, etc.
7.
a.
an assigned task or quantity of work
b.
a specified period of time spent doing something
noun
any of various small sandpipers, as the little stint (Calidris minuta)
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Stinter
see synonyms of stinterv. stint·ed, stint·ing, stints
v.intr.
1. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice.
2. Archaic To stop or desist.
v.tr.
1.
a. To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed: "found his living so expensive that he had to stint his family" (William Marvel).
b. To restrict (something supplied); be sparing with.
2. Archaic To cause to stop.
n.
1. A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty: a two-year stint in the military.
2. A limitation or restriction: working without stint.
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