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- [stuhnt]
- /stʌnt/
- /stʌnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stuhnt]
- /stʌnt/
Definitions of stunt word
- verb with object stunt to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane. 1
- noun stunt a performance displaying a person's skill or dexterity, as in athletics; feat: an acrobatic stunt. 1
- noun stunt any remarkable feat performed chiefly to attract attention: The kidnapping was said to be a publicity stunt. 1
- verb without object stunt to do a stunt or stunts. 1
- verb without object stunt Television Slang. to add specials, miniseries, etc., to a schedule of programs, especially so as to increase ratings. 1
- noun stunt in film 1
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Origin of stunt
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; v. use of dial. stunt dwarfed, stubborn (Middle English; Old English: stupid); cognate with Middle High German stunz, Old Norse stuttr short; akin to stint1
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Parts of speech for Stunt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stunt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stunt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stunt
noun stunt
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
verb stunt
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
adjective stunt
- bareback — If you ride bareback, you ride a horse without a saddle.
Antonyms for stunt
verb stunt
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- boom — If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- do well — be successful
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