stunt.
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
Meaning & usage
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
Ellipsis of publicity stunt.
A skill.
A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).
To perform a stunt.
To show off; to posture; to flaunt valuables.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).
To check or hinder the growth or development of.
Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.
Where this word comes from
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.
A check in growth.
That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
Where this word comes from
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.
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