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Meaning stunt meaning

What does stunt mean?
Definitions in simple English

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.

stunt

— noun a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention — verb check the growth or development of You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles — verb perform a stunt or stunts — noun a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth

Synonyms stunt synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stunt?

stunt English » English

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Topics stunt topics

What do people use stunt to talk about?
States Big

Small

  • What words refer to making something small?
    shrink stunt

Conjugation stunt conjugation

How do you conjugate stunt?

stunt · verb

Examples stunt examples

How do I use stunt in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That's just a cheap publicity stunt.
This is nothing more than a marketing stunt.
Why are you staring at me as if I was a clown? Do you expect me to perform a stunt?

Movie subtitles

Great stunt King is going to pull.
Stunt?
You can't bring a town full of John Does to trial just to pull yourself to heaven on a publicity stunt.
Well, perhaps it's a publicity stunt.
What's your stunt?
That publicity stunt you cooked up for us.
The whole marriage is just another campaign stunt to him. insisting we hold it the day before the election. so I'll get a good publicity break on election day.
Good idea, the blackface stunt.
Captain give you permission to pull that stunt?
I wanna congratulate you and Macy's on this wonderful new stunt you're pulling.
It'll stunt your growth.
What kind of stunt did you pull? They're all riled up.
This means a great deal to me. and it's not a stunt.
Grandma did stunt work for Pearl White.
He was an actor and stunt man for decades.
Stunt? Yeah, he's landing on the lawn in an autogyro.
Perhaps it's a publicity stunt.
Seventeen years in the hotel business, and I have to pull a stunt like this.
Good idea, the bIack-faced stunt.
It's probably some silly college boy sent here on an initiation stunt.
It'll stunt your growth. Come here.
What kind of a stunt did they pull on you anyway?
It's a-no stunt! It's love! She's bringing the money!
STUNT. SHUNT.
I think it's just a stunt to sell newspapers.
You pulled another stupid stunt, I bet.
Particularly after the backfire on Jerry's publicity stunt with the leopard.
Whatever possessed you to pull such a stunt?
So the Orly job was just a stunt?
You. Why did you pull this stunt?
I pulled this stunt because.. because..
How could he have pulled off a stunt like that?
The fifth character to pull this sort of stunt in the last 60 days alone.
This is a stunt of the management's.

News and current affairs

Islamists view their acts of random mass murder not as a personal publicity stunt, but as a tactic in a holy war against the decadent, sinful West.
The stunt produced more carbon emissions than if he had ditched the electric car and horse trailer and driven a regular car the entire distance.
Recent studies show that once a government's debt burden reaches a threshold perceived to be unsustainable, more debt will only stunt, not stimulate, economic growth.

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