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stunting |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: stunting n : the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft [syn: {acrobatics}, {aerobatics}, {stunt flying}]
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