Found 3 items, similar to stunt.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: stunt akrobatik
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stunt 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 stunt v 1: check the growth or development of; “You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles” 2: perform a stunt or stunts
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stunt 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Stunt \Stunt\, n. 1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber. [1913 Webster] Stunt \Stunt\, n. [Cf. Stint a task.] 1. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. an unusual action performed to gain public attention; as, a publicity stunt. [PJC]