1. A difficult, unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
   "The actor performed his own stunts in the action movie"
    
2. A creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
   "The captive orca was a stunt, never reaching its full size potential"

1. Check the growth or development of
   "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
    
2. (performing arts) perform a stunt or stunts
   "The daredevil stunted on his motorcycle, jumping over cars"
    
3. [slang] To look good
   "He was stunting in his new outfit"

Derived forms: stunts, stunted, stunting

Type of: animal, animate being, appear, do, effort, entrammel [literary], execute, exploit, feat, fetter [literary], hinder, impede, look, perform, seem, trammel [literary]

Encyclopedia: Stunt