stint
English
/stɪnt/
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- (obsolete) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stinten inherited from Old English styntan (make dull, repress, stupefy, become dull, make blunt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną, *stintaną (make short).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stintaną
Gloss
make short