stunt
stunted; stunts; stunting
To stunt is to slow or hinder. Some people say that drinking coffee will stunt your growth when you're a teenager — they worry that you won't grow any taller.
Poor nutrition can stunt your growth, and bad soil will do the same for a plant — a lack of moisture or nutrients will stunt the development of your lettuce or tomatoes. Another meaning of stunt is a dangerous trick, the kind performed in an action movie or by planes in an air show. The root of "check the growth" is the Old English stunt, "short witted or foolish," while the "trick" kind of stunt comes from nineteenth century American college slang.
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check the growth or development of
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a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
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a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
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Russian roulette
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
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acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt
a stunt performed by an acrobat
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backbend
an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
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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
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walkover
backbends combined with handstands
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cartwheel
acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel
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handspring
an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
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headstand
an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
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tumble
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
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split
extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
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perform a stunt or stunts
Vocabulary lists containing stunt
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Summer is a twelve-year-old Japanese-American girl who learns more about her family, her heritage, and herself during a harvest season filled with bad luck.
Based on extensive interviews and research, this nonfiction narrative tells the story of Sachiko Yusai, a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing of 1945.
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