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stunt

UK/stʌnt/ US/stʊnt/ fairly common slang
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
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

Origin

From dialectal stunt (“stubborn, dwarfed”), from Middle English stont, stunt (“short, brief”), from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, compact, stupid, dull”). Cognate with Middle High German stunz (“short”), Old Norse stuttr (“short in stature, dwarfed”). Related to Old English styntan (“to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress”). More at stint.

Phrases

  • card stunt
  • media stunt
  • publicity stunt
  • stunt casting
  • stunt cock
  • stunt double
  • sweeps stunt
  • yellow sorghum stunt

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