stunt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stunt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for stunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stunt n 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 v check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles" perform a stunt or stunts
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stunt \Stunt\, n. [Cf. {Stint} a task.] A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat. [Colloq.] An extraordinary man does three or four different [bd]stunts[b8] with remarkable dexterity. --The Bookman. He does not try to do stunts; and, above all, he does not care to go in swimming. --L. Hutton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stunting}.] [See {Stint}.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stunt \Stunt\, n. 1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. 2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.