Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stunting"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stunting
n : the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
[syn: {acrobatics}, {aerobatics}, {stunt flying}]


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