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stunt1    Audio Help   [stuhnt] Pronunciation Key,
–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]

stunt·ing·ly, adverb
stunty, adjective
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stunt2    Audio Help   [stuhnt] Pronunciation Key,
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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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stunt 1    Audio Help   (stŭnt)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   stunt·ed, stunt·ing, stunts
To check the growth or development of.

n.  
  1. One that stunts.
  2. One that is stunted.
  3. 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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stunt 2    Audio Help   (stŭnt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring.
  2. 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

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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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