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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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