stint - Meaning in Tamil

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stint - Meaning in Tamil

stint Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of stint in English

stint noun

1. an individual's prescribed share of work

   Example

   • "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
2. smallest American sandpiper

   Synonyms

   Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper

3. an unbroken period of time during which you do something

   Synonyms

   stretch, stretch

   Examples

   • "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
   • "there were stretches of boredom"

stint verb

1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

   Synonyms

   scant, skimp

   Example

   • "stint with the allowance"
2. subsist on a meager allowance

   Synonyms

   scrimp, skimp

   Example

   • "scratch and scrimp"

Synonyms of stint

• erolia minutilla, least sandpiper
• stretch
• scant, skimp
• scrimp, skimp

Description

A stint is one of several very small waders in the paraphyletic "Calidris" assemblage – often separated in Erolia – which in North America are known as peeps. They are scolopacid waders much similar in ecomorphology to their distant relatives, the charadriid plovers.

Also see "Stint" on Wikipedia

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