STINTS

noun

1. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
2. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
3. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

verb

1. To stop (an action); cease, desist.
2. To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
3. To be sparing or mean.

noun

1. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.