1a : a period of time spent at a particular activity served a brief stint as a waiter. b : a definite quantity of work assigned. 2 : restraint, limitation.
How do you use the word stint?
Stint in a Sentence ?
- After a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer, I returned home and became a teacher.
- Patricia's stint as a waitress gave her the patience she needed to work in shoe sales.
- When the astronaut returned home after a long stint in space, he had to reconnect with his family.
Do one's stint?
an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint. a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
