stunts

Noun (1)

stunt (plural stunts)

1. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
   • He found ways to devise, stage, and film stunts that are like nothing anyone’s ever accomplished. He recorded stunning image after stunning image; practically every frame of Fury Road could be a painting.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club
2. An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
3. (archaic) A skill.
   • "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine
4. A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.

Noun (2)

stunt (countable and uncountable, plural stunts)

1. A check in growth.
2. (countable) That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

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