Found 2 items, similar to stint.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stint stint n 1: an unbroken period of time during which you do something; “there were stretches of boredom”; “he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary” [syn: stretch] 2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla ] 3: an individuals prescribed share of work; “her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her” v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; “scratch and scrimp” [syn: scrimp, skimp] 2: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; “sting with the allowance” [syn: skimp, scant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: stint Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo["o]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover. [1913 Webster]