Stunt is defined as to slow down or stop the growth of something.
(verb)An example of to stunt is to stop feeding a plant, thereby causing its growth to stop.
The definition of a stunt is the process that causes someone or something to stop growing, or something outrageous which is done to get attention.
(noun)See stunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: < dial., short and thick, stunted < ME, dull, stupid (with sense infl. by ON stuttr, short) < OE < IE *(s)teud- < base *(s)teu-, to strike > stock
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See stunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb stunt·ed, stunt·ing, stunts
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Origin: From Middle English stunnt, foolish, short-witted, short (influenced by Old Norse stuttr, short, dwarfish)
Origin: , from Old English stunt
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