stunt
IPA: stˈʌnt
noun
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
- (archaic) skill
- (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
- 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.
verb
- (intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture.
- (transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.
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Examples of "stunt" in Sentences
- The island is covered with stunted trees.
- This stunt drew the attention of the people.
- The predominant trees are stunted Araucarias.
- In the dry zone, vegetation is sparse and stunted.
- Sauer was also the stunt coordinator for the film.
- The effectiveness of the stunt is a matter of debate.
- He is the stunt director and stunt coordinator of the show.
- Obama is targeting what he calls a stunt by Senator McCain.
- Mercury News – Girl ghost rider injured in stunt, May 7, 2009
- He performed the role of the Deacon in the Waterworld Stunt Show.
- In 1967 He was one of the highest paid stunt performers in the world.
- Parkour will be used in the stunt performances of scenes in the movie.
- I had a lot of respect for them but this stunt is ashamedly disgusting.
- Anyone who thinks this stunt is anything more than that is kidding themselves.
- This stunt is the last thing a person of Faith would expect from his minister.
- How should the Bush administration in your view respond to what you call a stunt?
- Records show he was convicted last year in Ontario of what they called stunt driving.
- His most dangerous stunt is one that if done wrong, would have definitely killed him.
- After doing call time today at Norwood HQ, I can tell you firsthand that your little stunt is the electoral equivalent of poking a stick at a hornet's nest.
- If this stunt is a success, think of some of the other celebrations we might be subjected to: Southern Nationalists holding John Wilkes Booth Days complete with reenactments of his most famous moment in a theater, Timothy McVeigh Days with a reenactment of the last moments of the Murrah daycare center, and, of course, Mohamed Atta Days with what horrors I'll leave you to imagine.