stunt

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A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

sustantivo

1
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
He found ways to devise, stage, and film stunts that are like nothing anyone’s ever accomplished. He recorded stunning image after stunning image; practically every frame of Fury Road could be a painting.
2
An act or activity viewed as the outcome of a plan or scheme, often malicious or nefarious.
3
arcaicoA skill.
"See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."
4
A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
5
Variante de publicity stuntEllipsis of publicity stunt.

Etimología

Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).

verbo

1
To perform a stunt.
2
jergaTo show off; to posture; to flaunt valuables.
Call me the juice and you know I'm a stunt.
I was that interested because I wanted the Z28, but I wasn't going another day with Sterling stunting on me with the Contour.

verbo

1
To check or hinder the growth or development of.
Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.

Etimología

From dialectal stunt (“stubborn, dwarfed”), from Middle English stont, stunt (“short, brief”), from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, compact, stupid, dull”). Cognate with Middle High German stunz (“short”), Old Norse stuttr (“short in stature, dwarfed”). Related to Old English styntan (“to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress”). More at stint.

sustantivo

1
A check in growth.
2
That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
3
A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.

Formas

plural: stunts
pasado: stunted
participio: stunted
gerundio: stunting
3.ª persona del singular: stunts

stun · To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or…stunned · Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.stunning · Having an effect that stuns.

stunt · A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

stupid · Without intelligence. Lacking in intelligence.stupidity · The property of being stupid.sturdy · Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.

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