stint

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To stop (an action); cease, desist.
2. 2
   To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
3. 3
   To be sparing or mean.
4. 4
   To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
5. 5
   To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
6. 6
   To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.

Noun

1. 1
   A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
2. 2
   Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
3. 3
   Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
4. 4
   A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
5. 5
   Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
6. 6
   Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).