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- DictionaryStunt/stənt/
noun
- 1. an action displaying spectacular skill and daring: "the stunt involved jumping out of a hot-air balloon while attached to a piece of elastic"
verb
- 1. perform stunts, especially aerobatics: "agile terns are stunting over the water"
1. : an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill or daring. especially : one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention or publicity. 2. : a shifting or switching of the positions by defensive players at the line of scrimmage in football to disrupt the opponent's blocking efforts. stunt. 4 of 4. verb (2) stunted; stunting; stunts.
Stunt definition: to stop, slow down, or hinder the growth or development of; dwarf. See examples of STUNT used in a sentence.
STUNT definition: 1. an exciting action, usually in a film, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs…. Learn more.
1. the act or an instance of stunting. 2. (Biology) a person, animal, or plant that has been stunted. [C17 (as vb: to check the growth of): perhaps from C15 stont of short duration, from Old English stunt simple, foolish; sense probably influenced by Old Norse stuttr short in stature, dwarfed]
To stunt is to slow or hinder. Some people say that drinking coffee will stunt your growth when you're a teenager — they worry that you won't grow any taller.
A stunt is something interesting that is done in order to attract attention and get publicity for the person or company responsible for it. In a bold promotional stunt for the movie, he smashed his car into a passing truck. A stunt is a dangerous and exciting piece of action in a movie.
stunt. noun. /stʌnt/. /stʌnt/. a dangerous and difficult action that somebody does to entertain people, especially as part of a film. He did all his own stunts. a stunt pilot. a stunt flying team. Collocations Cinema/ the movies.
A display of skill or daring; feat; trick. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
something dangerous that needs great skill, usually done by someone in a film: He always does his own stunts. stunt noun [C] (ATTENTION) something that is done to get people's attention: Their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt. stunt. verb [ T ] uk / stʌnt / us. to stop the normal growth or development of something:
Definition of stunt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
