Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To check the growth or development of.
- noun One that stunts.
- noun One that is stunted.
- noun A plant disease that causes dwarfing.
- noun A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring.
- noun Something done to attract attention or publicity.
- intransitive verb To perform stunts or a stunt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a fool of.
- To check; cramp; hinder; stint: used of growth or progress.
- To check the growth or development of; hinder the increase or progress or; cramp; dwarf: as, to
stunt a child by hard usage. - Dull; obtuse; stupid; foolish.
- Fierce; angry.
- noun An animal which has been prevented from attaining its proper growth; a stunted creature; specifically, a whale of two years, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
- noun A check in growth; a partial or complete arrest of development or progress.
- noun A feat; a performance of more or less difficulty, especially in athletics.
- An assistant; assistant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- noun Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
- transitive verb To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf.
- noun colloq. A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
- noun an unusual action performed to gain public attention.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
daring ordangerous feat , often involving thedisplay ofgymnastic skills . - noun archaic
skill - verb transitive To
check orhinder thegrowth ordevelopment of. - verb intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular To
show off ; toposture . - noun A
check ingrowth . - noun That which has been checked in growth; a
stunted animal or thing. - noun A two-year-old
whale , which, having beenweaned , islean and yields littleblubber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb check the growth or development of
- noun a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- noun a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
- verb perform a stunt or stunts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Anyone who thinks this stunt is anything more than that is kidding themselves.
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I had a lot of respect for them but this stunt is ashamedly disgusting.
Florida delegates file lawsuit to get delegation seated 2008
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This stunt is the last thing a person of Faith would expect from his minister.
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If this stunt is a success, think of some of the other celebrations we might be subjected to: Southern Nationalists holding John Wilkes Booth Days complete with reenactments of his most famous moment in a theater, Timothy McVeigh Days with a reenactment of the last moments of the Murrah daycare center, and, of course, Mohamed Atta Days with what horrors I'll leave you to imagine.
Jesus Wept 2007
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Records show he was convicted last year in Ontario of what they called stunt driving.
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Obama is targeting what he calls a stunt by Senator McCain.
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How should the Bush administration in your view respond to what you call a stunt?
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His most dangerous stunt is one that if done wrong, would have definitely killed him.
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After doing call time today at Norwood HQ, I can tell you firsthand that your little stunt is the electoral equivalent of poking a stick at a hornet's nest.
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Mercury News – Girl ghost rider injured in stunt, May 7, 2009
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“Stunt dressing” is a neologism that captures this new mood of performative fashion. It’s the act of getting dressed to gain maximum attention offline and (maybe even more importantly) online.
Is anyone else bored of ‘stunt dressing’? Chloe Mac Donnell 2023
hernesheir commented on the word stunt
Stubborn, fierce, angry. Definition given for this old Lincolnshire provincial term in Grose's 1787 A Provincial Glossary.
May 5, 2011