About The Word Stunt
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Stunt
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What's The Definition Of Stunt?
[n] a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
[n] a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth [v] perform a stunt or stunts [v] check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stunt: Related Terms | Find terms related to Stunt: See Also | acrobatic feat | acrobatic stunt | animal | animate being | beast | brute | creature | deed | do | effort | execute | exploit | fauna | feat | hinder | impede | perform | Russian roulette Stunt In Webster's Dictionary \Stunt\, n. [Cf. {Stint} a task.]
A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the
skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
[Colloq.]
An extraordinary man does three or four different
``stunts'' with remarkable dexterity. --The Bookman.
He does not try to do stunts; and, above all, he does
not care to go in swimming. --L. Hutton.
\Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stunting}.] [See {Stint}.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke. \Stunt\, n. 1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. 2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber. |
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