The Stunt Man

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

stunt Noun

— A stunt is something dangerous you might do to get attention. Jumping over a river on a motorcycle is a dangerous stunt. The actor did all his own stunts for the movie. That last stunt almost got you killed! — A stunt is something that you do that gets you in trouble.

stunt Verb

— To stunt something is to slow or stop its development. He was very short because sickness had stunted his growth.

man Noun

— A man is a male human. He was a young man with blue eyes. — A human being of either sex; a person. God cares for all races and all man God made man in his own image Scientists and biologists think that man and animals evolved over the years, and that man evolved from a "human" species such as "homo erectus" or "neanderthals" and that man first stood up, millions of years ago, but this isn't true

man Interjection

— You use man to show your surprise or disappointment. Oh man, I wanted to do the dishes!