stunt

C2 Topic:Film & Television

US /stʌnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5930

Meanings

1

noun
a difficult, unusual, or dangerous feat

The stunt is too dangerous and may require a stunt double.
2

noun
a creature that has been prevented from attaining full growth

The whale has been a stunt since the age of ten.
3

verb
to stop the growth or development of

You will stunt your growth by drinking all those artificial sugars.
4

noun
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.

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Word family

Derived forms outstuntstunterstuntfeststuntlikestuntmanstuntnessstuntpersonstuntwomanstuntwork

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stunt man
a male performer who carries out dangerous actions for film or television scenes

Noun + noun

Etymology

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.

Topics

Film & Television General Vocabulary

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# stunt

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /stʌnt/
**Frequency rank:** 5930

## Meanings
1. a difficult, unusual, or dangerous feat
2. a creature that has been prevented from attaining full growth
3. to stop the growth or development of
4. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

## Examples
- The stunt is too dangerous and may require a stunt double.
- The whale has been a stunt since the age of ten.
- You will stunt your growth by drinking all those artificial sugars.
- 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.

## Derived Forms
- outstunt
- stunter
- stuntfest
- stuntlike
- stuntman
- stuntness
- stuntperson
- stuntwoman
- stuntwork

## Etymology
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.

## Topics
- Film & Television
- General Vocabulary

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