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stunts

stunt
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stuhnt]
    • /stʌnt/
    • /stʌnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stuhnt]
    • /stʌnt/

Definitions of stunts word

  • verb with object stunts to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane. 1
  • noun stunts a performance displaying a person's skill or dexterity, as in athletics; feat: an acrobatic stunt. 1
  • noun stunts any remarkable feat performed chiefly to attract attention: The kidnapping was said to be a publicity stunt. 1
  • verb without object stunts to do a stunt or stunts. 1
  • verb without object stunts Television Slang. to add specials, miniseries, etc., to a schedule of programs, especially so as to increase ratings. 1

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Origin of stunts

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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Stunts

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stunts 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".

stunts usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for stunts

noun stunts

  • acrobatics — Acrobatics are acrobatic movements.
  • aerobatics — Aerobatics are skilful displays of flying, usually to entertain people watching from the ground.
  • airshow — An airshow is an event at which aeroplane pilots entertain the public by performing very skilful and complicated movements with the aircraft in the sky.
  • chasers — Plural form of chaser.
  • cheats — Plural form of cheat.

verb stunts

  • chokes — the act or sound of choking.
  • dwarves — a plural of dwarf.
  • garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
  • gibbets — Plural form of gibbet.

Antonyms for stunts

verb stunts

  • flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.

Top questions with stunts

  • actors who do their own stunts?
  • what stunts your growth?
  • what stunts growth?
  • how to learn stunts at home?
  • how to do bboying stunts?
  • how to do stunts with cycle?

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