stunt

stunt ¹  (stnt)

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.

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

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stunted·ness n.

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stunt ¹

Verb

to prevent or slow down (the growth or development) of a plant, animal, or person [Old English: foolish]

stunted adj

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stunt ²

Noun

1. an acrobatic or dangerous piece of action in a film or television programme

2. anything spectacular or unusual done to gain publicity

Adjective

of or relating to acrobatic or dangerous pieces of action in films or television programmes: a stunt man [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stunt - a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention exploit, feat, effort - a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" Russian roulette - a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt - a stunt performed by an acrobat
	2.	stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Verb	1.	stunt - check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles" hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" dwarf - check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"
	2.	stunt - perform a stunt or stunts performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

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stunt

noun feat, act, trick, exploit, deed, tour de force (French)

Translations

stunt [stʌnt] n (AVIAT) → vuelo acrobático (= publicity stunt); truco publicitario

stunt [stʌnt] n → tour m de force;

(in film) → cascade f, acrobatie f [publicity]; truc m publicitaire;

(Aviat) → acrobatie f

vt → retarder, arrêter

stunt [stʌnt] n (in film) → Stunt m;

(publicity stunt) → (Werbe)gag m

stunt [stʌnt] n → bravata; trucco pubblicitario;

(AVIAT) → acrobazia

vt → arrestare

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stunt¹

v stunt [stant]

to prevent or check the full growth or development of It is thought that smoking by a pregnant mother may stunt the baby's growth.belemmerيُعيق، يَمْنَعспирам растежа наbrzdit, růsthæmmehemmenανακόπτωτην ανάπτυξηatrofiar; impedir el desarrollo(kasvu) kinni panemaاز رشد بازداشتنehkäistä kasvuarrêter la croissance de qqn, qqch.לַעֲצוֹר הִתפַּתחוּתविकास रोकना, वृद्धि रोकनाsprečavati u rastu ili razvitku(növést) akadályozmengerdilkanhindra/draga úr vexti/þroska(arrestare lo sviluppo)妨げる...의 성장을 방해하다slopinti, stabdytikavēt/apturēt attīstībumembantutkande groei belemmerenhemme i vekstenhamowaćsustera opri creşterea/dezvoltareaзадерживать ростbrzdiť rastzavretisprečavati rasthämmaหยุดยั้งการเจริญเติบโตbüyümesini önlemek阻礙生長зупиняти рістترقی کو روک دیناlàm chậm sự phát triển, làm cằn cỗi阻碍生长

adj ˈstunted

not well grown a stunted tree.teëgehouغَيْر مُكْتَمِل النُّموзакърнялzakrslýforkrøbletverkümmertπου δεν έχει αναπτυχθεί κανονικάmal desarrolladokängus, kidurخوب رشد نكردهkitukasvuinenrabougriמְעוּכַּב הִתפָּתחוּתअविकसित, बौनाzakržljao, zaostao u razvojusatnyakerdilkyrkingslegurstentato発育不全の성장을 멈춘skurdus, sunykęspanīcis; kroplīgs; pundur-bantutniet uitgegroeidutviklingshemmet, forkrøpletkarłowatymirradopipernicitнизкорослыйzakrpatenýzakrnelzakržljaoförkrympt, outvecklad, dvärg-ที่ไม่เจริญเติบโตbodur kalmış發育不良的низькорослий, хирлявийوہ درخت جس کی ترقی رک گءی ہوcòi cọc, kìm hãm发育不良的