Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stunt"
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
``stunts'' 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stunt
n 1: a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to
gain attention
2: a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from
attaining full growth
v 1: check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your
growth by building all these muscles"
2: perform a stunt or stunts
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