Stunt - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |stʌnt|  American pronunciation of the word stunt
Brit.  |stʌnt|  British pronunciation of the word stunt

noun

- a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
- a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth

verb

- check the growth or development of
You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles
- perform a stunt or stunts

Extra examples

Exercise increases growth, while over-exercise stunts it.

Not many actors do their own stunts.

Todd flew over the city in a hot air balloon as a publicity stunt.

Lack of sunlight will stunt the plant's growth.

You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles

The audience soon realized that it wasn't a stunt.

Do you realize how difficult that stunt is?

The stunt received massive publicity.

...too chicken to go through with the stunt...

The stunt earned her the scorn of her censorious older sister.

It'd be a good stunt for him to go out and maybe earn a little money on the side.

Is their much-reported romance just a publicity stunt (=something that is only done to get publicity)?

Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again!

Next time you pull a stunt like that don't expect me to get you out of trouble.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: stunt
he/she/it: stunts
present participle: stunting
past tense: stunted
past participle: stunted
noun
singular: stunt
plural: stunts
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