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What (who) is stunt - definition
UNUSUAL AND DIFFICULT PHYSICAL FEAT
Stunt work; Stunts; Stunt performance; Stunt driver; Stunt driving
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![Freestyle & Stunt Show 2007 in [[Landrévarzec]], France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stunt 1298471366.jpg?width=200 "Freestyle & Stunt Show 2007 in [[Landrévarzec]], France")
stunt
n.
1) to do, perform a stunt
2) (colloq. ) to pull a stunt ('to do smt. unexpected, probably for a bad purpose')
3) a publicity stunt
stunt
(stunts, stunting, stunted)
1.
A stunt is something interesting that is done in order to attract attention and get publicity for the person or company responsible for it.
In a bold promotional stunt for the movie, he smashed his car into a passing truck.
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2.
A stunt is a dangerous and exciting piece of action in a film.
Sean Connery insisted on living dangerously for his new film by performing his own stunts.
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3.
If something stunts the growth or development of a person or thing, it prevents it from growing or developing as much as it should.
The heart condition had stunted his growth a bit...
High interest rates have stunted economic growth.
VERB: V n, V n
• stunted
Damage may result in stunted growth and sometimes death of the plant.
ADJ
Stunt
·noun A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
II. Stunt ·noun Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
III. Stunt ·add. ·noun A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
IV. Stunt ·vt 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.
Wikipedia
Stunt
A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer-generated imagery special effects, these depictions were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to carry them out, even such dangerous acts as jumping from car to car in motion or hanging from the edge of a skyscraper: the stunt performer or stunt double.
Examples of use of stunt
1. I‘d rather go to prison than have to sell this house." No stunt This is no stunt.
2. The MiGs and Boeing‘s F–18 leaving a thunderous roar behind them as they performed stunt after stunt.
3. Nowadays Batchelor performs the stunt with official blessing See the stunt A US daredevil has recreated a stunt he first performed 30 years ago by setting himself alight and diving into a river.
4. Scroll down to see video of the reckless stunt Headlined "Really stupid Stunt" on the site www.break.com, the footage lasts one minute and 46 seconds.
5. Real: Illusionist Chriss Angel prepares for his concrete box stunt Windows: Illusionist Chriss Angel prepares for his concrete box stunt Scroll down for more...