stunt

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: stunt

1	v n	check the growth or development of a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
2	n v	a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention perform a stunt or stunts

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: stunt

“You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles”

Type of:: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger; acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt
a stunt performed by an acrobat; backbend
an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor; back circle
a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head; walkover
backbends combined with handstands; cartwheel
acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel; handspring
an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again; headstand
an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands); tumble
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; split
extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

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