[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
stunted stunting stint 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
stint 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
     v 1: check the growth or development of; "you will stunt your
          growth by building all these muscles"
     2: perform a stunt or stunts

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

155 moby thesaurus words for "stunt":
   abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accomplished fact, accomplishment,
   achievement, act, acta, acting, action, adventure, arrest, bank,
   blow, bob, boil down, buffoonery, business, caper, capsulize,
   characterization, check, clip, compress, condense, contract, coup,
   crab, crop, curb, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short,
   cut short, dealings, deed, delimit, dido, dip, dock, doing, doings,
   dwarf, effort, elide, end, endeavor, enterprise, epitomize,
   exploit, fait accompli, feat, feather, fishtail, foreshorten, gag,
   gest, go, ham, hammy acting, hamper, hand, handiwork, hinder, hoke,
   hokum, hold back, impair, impede, impersonation, job, limit, loop,
   maneuver, measure, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, move, mow,
   mummery, nip, operation, overacting, overt act, pantomiming,
   passage, patter, performance, performing, personation, playacting,
   playing, plow, poll, pollard, porpoise, portrayal, proceeding,
   production, projection, prune, pull out, pull up, push down, reap,
   recap, recapitulate, reduce, representation, res gestae, restrict,
   retard, retrench, roll, runty, shave, shear, shorten, sideslip,
   skid, slapstick, slow, snub, spin, spiral, stage business,
   stage directions, stage presence, step, stop, stroke, sum up,
   summarize, suppress, synopsize, take in, taking a role, telescope,
   thing, thing done, tour de force, transaction, trick, trim,
   truncate, turn, undertaking, undulate, work, works, yaw

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