stunt

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stʌnt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /stʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”). ==== Noun ==== stunt (plural stunts) A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious. Ellipsis of publicity stunt. (archaic) A skill. (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. ===== Hyponyms ===== publicity stunt ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Danish: stunt → German: Stunt → Norwegian Bokmål: stunt → Norwegian Nynorsk: stunt ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted) (intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture; to flaunt valuables. Synonyms: flamboast, floss, high-side; see also Thesaurus:show off ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From dialectal stunt (“stubborn, dwarfed”), from Middle English stont, stunt (“short, brief”), from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, compact, stupid, dull”). Cognate with Middle High German stunz (“short”), Old Norse stuttr (“short in stature, dwarfed”). Related to Old English styntan (“to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress”). More at stint. ==== Verb ==== stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted) (transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== stunt (countable and uncountable, plural stunts) A check in growth. (countable) That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. (countable) A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Nutts == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stʏnt/ Rhymes: -ʏnt === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English stunt. ==== Noun ==== stunt m (plural stunts, diminutive stuntje n) stunt ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== stunt inflection of stunten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle English == === Noun === stunt alternative form of stound: various spans of time == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English stunt. === Noun === stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta or stuntene) a stunt ==== Derived terms ==== stuntmann === References === “stunt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English stunt. === Noun === stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta) a stunt ==== Derived terms ==== stuntmann === References === “stunt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *stunt, from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, stunted; stupid”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stunt/ === Adjective === stunt stupid, foolish Synonym: dwǣs (substantive) idiot, fool ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stuntlīċ ==== Related terms ==== stuntlīċe styntan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: stunt, stont English: stunt == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English stunt. === Noun === stunt n a stunt (in a movie, as often performed by stuntmen) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== stuntman === References === “stunt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stunt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)