Definition of stint

• n. - Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
• n. - A phalarope.
• v. t. - To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
• v. t. - To put an end to; to stop.
• v. t. - To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
• v. t. - To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
• v. i. - To stop; to cease.
• v. t. - Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
• v. t. - Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.