stint in WordNet English dictionary

1. smallest American sandpiper
   least sandpiper  stint  Erolia minutilla 
   
2. an individual's prescribed share of work
   "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
   stint 
   
3. an unbroken period of time during which you do something
   "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
   stretch  stint 
   

1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
   "sting with the allowance"
   stint  skimp  scant 
   
2. subsist on a meager allowance
   "scratch and scrimp"
   scrimp  stint  skimp