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stunt1

–verb (used with object)

1.	to stop, slow down, or hinder the growth or development of; dwarf: A harsh climate stunted the trees. Brutal treatment in childhood stunted his personality.

–noun

2.	a stop or hindrance in growth or development.

3.	arrested development.

4.	a plant or animal hindered from attaining its proper growth.

5.	Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a dwarfing or stunting of the plant.

[Origin: 1575–85; v. use of dial. stunt dwarfed, stubborn (ME; OE: stupid); c. MHG stunz, ON stuttr short; akin to stint¹

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—Related forms

stunt·ing·ly, adverb

stunty, adjective

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–noun

1.	a performance displaying a person's skill or dexterity, as in athletics; feat: an acrobatic stunt.

2.	any remarkable feat performed chiefly to attract attention: The kidnapping was said to be a publicity stunt.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to do a stunt or stunts.

4.	Television Slang. to add specials, miniseries, etc., to a schedule of programs, esp. so as to increase ratings.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.

[Origin: 1890–95, Americanism; orig. uncert.

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stunt¹ Audio Help   (stŭnt) Pronunciation Key
tr.v.   stunt·ed, stunt·ing, stunts
To check the growth or development of.

n.

One that stunts.
One that is stunted.
A plant disease that causes dwarfing.

[From Middle English stunnt, foolish, short-witted, short (influenced by Old Norse stuttr, short, dwarfish), from Old English stunt.]

stunt'ed·ness n.

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stunt² Audio Help (stŭnt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring.
Something done to attract attention or publicity.

intr.v. stunt·ed, stunt·ing, stunts
To perform stunts or a stunt.

[Origin unknown.]

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stunt (v.)

"check in growth, dwarf," 1659, verb use of M.E. adj. stunnt "foolish," from O.E. stunt "short-witted, foolish" (cf. stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from P.Gmc. *stuntaz (cf. O.N. stuttr "short"), from the root of stump.

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stunt (n.)

"feat to attract attention," 1878, Amer.Eng. college sports slang, of uncertain origin. Speculated to be a variant of colloq. stump "dare, challenge" (1871), or of Ger. stunde, lit. "hour." The movie stunt man is attested from 1930.

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stunt
noun
1.	a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
2.	a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
verb
1.	check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
2.	perform a stunt or stunts

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stunt [stant] verb

to prevent or check the full growth or development of
Example: It is thought that smoking by a pregnant mother may stunt the baby's growth.

Arabic:	يُعيق، يَمْنَع
Chinese (Simplified):	阻碍生长
Chinese (Traditional):	阻礙生長
Czech:	brzdit, růst
Danish:	hæmme
Dutch:	de groei belemmeren
Estonian:	(kasvu) kinni panema
Finnish:	ehkäistä kasvu
French:	arrêter la croissance de qqn, qqch.
German:	hemmen
Greek:	ανακόπτωτην ανάπτυξη
Hungarian:	(növést) akadályoz
Icelandic:	hindra, draga úr vexti, þroska
Indonesian:	mengerdilkan
Japanese:	妨げる

Korean:	…의 성장을 방해하다
Latvian:	kavēt, *apturēt attīstību
Lithuanian:	slopinti, stabdyti
Norwegian:	hemme i veksten
Polish:	hamować
Portuguese (Brazil):	deter o crescimento
Portuguese (Portugal):	suster
Romanian:	a opri creşterea, *dezvoltarea
Russian:	задерживать рост
Slovak:	brzdiť rast
Slovenian:	zavreti
Spanish:	atrofiar; impedir el desarrollo
Swedish:	hämma
Turkish:	büyümesini önlemek

stunt [stant] noun

something (daring or spectacular) done to attract attention etc
Example: One of his stunts was to cross the Niagara Falls blindfolded on a tight rope.

Arabic:	عَمَل مُثير وَجَسور
Chinese (Simplified):	（惊人的）表演，使绝招
Chinese (Traditional):	(驚人的)表演，使絕招
Czech:	husarský kousek
Danish:	stunt; nummer
Dutch:	stunt
Estonian:	temp
Finnish:	temppu
French:	exploit
German:	das Kunststück
Greek:	άθλος, ακροβατικό κόλπο
Hungarian:	kaszkadőrmutatvány, attrakció
Icelandic:	glæfrabragð
Indonesian:	tindakan berani
Japanese:	離れわざ

Korean:	묘기
Latvian:	efektīgs triks; supernumurs
Lithuanian:	fokusas, triukas
Norwegian:	kraftprestasjon, våge-, *kunststykke
Polish:	wyczyn
Portuguese (Brazil):	proeza
Portuguese (Portugal):	proeza
Romanian:	tur de forţă
Russian:	трюк
Slovak:	husársky kúsok
Slovenian:	podvig
Spanish:	proeza
Swedish:	konststycke, stunttrick
Turkish:	tehlikeli numara

See also: stunted, stuntman

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Stunt

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.

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Stunt

Stint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stinting.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]

1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds. --Woodward.

She stints them in their meals. --Law.

2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.

4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. --J. H. Walsh.

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Stunt

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.

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