stint

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

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
• Hypernyms:
duration, continuance
2. smallest American sandpiper
• Syn:
least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla
• Hypernyms:
sandpiper
• Member Holonyms:
Erolia, genus Erolia
3. an individual's prescribed share of work
- her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
• Hypernyms:
job, task, chore

II - verb

1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- sting with the allowance
• Syn:
skimp, scant
• Derivationally related forms:
stinter
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. subsist on a meager allowance
- scratch and scrimp
• Syn:
scrimp, skimp
• Derivationally related forms:
stinter
• Hypernyms:
save
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s on something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla, stretch, skimp, scant, scrimp