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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stunt 
  n  :  a  difficult  or  unusual  feat;  usually  done  to  gain  attention 
  v  :  check  the  growth  or  development  of  "You  will  stunt  your 
  growth  by  building  all  these  muscles" 




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