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stunt

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1. stunt - Noun

2. stunt - Adjective

3. stunt - Verb

Meaning

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt. Paul Walker

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting. Brion James

I do most of my own stunts because the stunt guys show me how. Casper Van Dien

Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt. Tony Randall

Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line. Ingrid Newkirk

I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that. Eliza Dushku

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