- Stint
- m: sich freuen wie ein Stint с.-нем. быть в телячьем восторге.
Deutsch-Russisches Woerterbuch der umgangssprachlichen und saloppen. 2013.
Stint
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stint — [stɪnt] noun [countable usually singular] a limited or fixed period of time doing a particular job: stint as • his two year stint as managing director • Doing a stint overseas is important to getting ahead in many companies. * * * stint UK US… … Financial and business terms
stint — stint·ed·ly; stint·ed·ness; stint·er; stint·ing·ly; stint·less; stint; … English syllables
Stint — Stint, n. [Also written stent. See {Stint}, v. t.] 1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. [1913 Webster] God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South. [1913 Webster] 2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stint — stint1 [stint] vt. [ME stinten, to stint, cease, stop < OE styntan, to blunt or dull, akin to stunt, blunt, dull: see STUNT1] 1. to restrict or limit to a certain quantity, number, share, or allotment, often small or scanty 2. Archaic to stop… … English World dictionary
stint on — ˈstint on [present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle … Useful english dictionary
Stint — Stint, v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. [1913 Webster] The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — (Osmerus Cuv.), Gattung der Edelfische autz der Familie der Lachse (Salmonidae), gestreckt gebaute Fische mit starker, von der der Lachse bedeutend abweichender Bezahnung und mittelgroßen Schuppen. Der gemeine S. (Alander, O. eperlanus L., s.… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Stint — Stint, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India ({Tringa minuta}), etc. Called also {pume}. (b) A phalarope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinting}.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stint — Sm kleiner Fisch per. Wortschatz ndd. (16. Jh.) Stammwort. Übernommen aus dem Niederdeutschen: Mndd. stint, teilweise in der verhochdeutschten Form Stinz. Wohl zu mhd. stunz kurz, stumpf , ae. stunt einfältig, dumm , anord. stuttr kurz .… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
stint — [n] period of responsibility assignment, bit, chore, consignment, duty, job, participation, quota, share, shift, spell, stretch, task, term, time, tour, turn, work; concepts 362,807,822 stint [v] economize; hold back be frugal, begrudge, be… … New thesaurus
