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STUNT, v.t. [See Stint.] To hinder from growth; applied to animals and plants; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

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Stunt (stunt)
v. t.(?)
Stunt
[imp. *** p. p. Stunted (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Stunting.] [See Stint.]
  1. 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.

    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.

  2. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
  3. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
  4. 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.


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