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{{also|Stunt}}
==English==
 
===Etymology 1===
Unknown
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{audioIPA|en-us-stunt.ogg|Audio (US)/stʌnt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-stunt.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌnt|s=1}}
 
===Etymology 1===
*Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ʌnt|-ʌnt]]
{{unk|en}}. Compare {{cog|gml|stunt|t=a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back}}, {{cog|enm|stunt|t=foolish; stupid}}.
 
====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
'''stunt'''
 
# A [[dare|daring]] or [[dangerous]] [[feat]], often involving the [[display]] of [[gymnasticalgymnastic]] [[skill]]s.
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=December 1, 2017
|author=Tom Breihan
|title=Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made
|work=The Onion AV Club
|url=https://www.avclub.com/mad-max-fury-road-might-already-be-the-best-action-mov-1820691831
|page=
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[skill]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1912|author=Stratemeyer Syndicate|title=Baseball Joe on the School Nine|chapter=1
|passage="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."}}
# {{lb|en|American football}} A special means of [[rush]]ing the [[quarterback]] done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
 
=====Hyponyms=====
* {{l|en|publicity stunt}}
 
=====Derived terms=====
{{der4
|en|media stunt|publicity stunt|stunt double
|stuntman
|stuntperson|card stunt
|stuntwoman
|stunt casting|stunt cock|sweeps stunt}}
 
=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|da|stunt|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Stunt|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nb|stunt|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nn|stunt|bor=1}}
 
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|dangerous feat}}
* Bulgarian: [[каскада]] {{t|bg|каскада|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|acrobàcia|f}}
*French: [[cascade]] {{f}}
* Chinese:
*Italian: [[acrobazia]] {{f}} 1
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|特技|tr=tèjì}}, {{t|cmn|危险举动}}
{{mid}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|kaskadérství|n}}
{{bottom}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stunt|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|temppu}}, {{t+|fi|stuntti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cascade|f}}, {{t+|fr|acrobatie|f}}, {{t|fr|[[coup]] [[publicitaire]]|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stunt|m}}, {{t+|de|Kunststück|n}}, {{t+|de|Trick|m}}, {{t+|de|Nummer|f}}, {{t+|de|Einlage|f}}, {{t+|de|Gag|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פַּעֲלוּל|m|tr=pa'lúl}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mutatvány}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|acrobazia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|無茶|tr=mucha}}
* Latin: {{t|la|factus periculosus|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|neketūtū}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|stunt|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|stunt|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|espet}}, {{t+|oc|proesa|f}}, {{t+|oc|acrobacia|f}}, {{t+|oc|cascada|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|wyczyn kaskaderski|m}}, {{t+|pl|akrobacja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|proeza|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cascadorie|f}}, {{t+|ro|acrobație|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|трюк|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|cleas|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|proeza|f}}, {{t|es|[[espectáculo]] [[peligroso]]|m}}, {{t|es|[[escena]] [[de]] [[alto]] [[riesgo]]|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stunt|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|marifet}}, {{t+|tr|numara}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
====Verb====
{{en-verb}}
 
# {{lb|en|intransitive|cheerleading}} To perform a stunt.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|slang|AAVE}} To [[show off]]; to [[posture]]; to [[flaunt]] valuables.
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist=Jordan Houston; Darnell Carlton; Paul Beauregard; Premro Smith; Marlon Goodwin; David Brown; Willie Hutchinson|passage=Call me the juice and you know I'm a '''stunt'''.|url=https://genius.com/Three-6-mafia-stay-fly-lyrics|title=Stay Fly|publisher=Sony BMG|year=2005|album=Most Known Unknown|artist=Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG)}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Seth Turner Jr.|title=Brother: The Self-made Story of a St. Louis Entrepreneur
|passage=I was that interested because I wanted the Z28, but I wasn't going another day with Sterling '''stunting''' on me with the Contour.}}
 
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|cheerleading: to perform a stunt}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|stuntata}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-top|to show off, posture}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|näyttää}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|понтоваться|impf}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
===Etymology 2===
From dialectal {{m|en|stunt||stubborn, dwarfed}}, from {{der|en|enm|stont}}, {{m|enm|stunt||short, brief}}, from {{der|en|ang|stunt||stupid, foolish, simple}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*stuntaz||short, compact, stupid, dull}}. Cognate with {{cog|gmh|stunz||short}}, {{cog|non|stuttr||short in stature, dwarfed}}. Related to {{cog|ang|styntan||to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress}}. More at {{l|en|stint}}.
Akin to Old Norse ''[[stuttr]]''
 
====Verb====
{{en-verb}}
'''to stunt'''
 
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[check]] or [[hinder]] the [[growth]] or [[development]] of.
#: {{ux|en|Some have said smoking '''stunts''' your growth.}}
#: {{ux|en|The politician timed his announcement to '''stunt''' any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.}}
 
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to check or hinder the growth or development}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|阻碍}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[ehkäistä]] [[kasvua]]}}, {{t|fi|[[estää]] [[kehitys]]}}; {{t+|fi|torpata}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inhiber}}, {{t|fr|retarder la croissance}}
* German: {{t+|de|verkümmern}}, {{t+|de|hemmen}}, {{t|de|verkümmern lassen}}, {{t+|de|bremsen}}, {{t|de|im Wachstum hindern}}, {{t|de|verbutten}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|inibir}}, {{t+|oc|enebir}}, {{t|oc|impedir}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подавлять|impf}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
 
# A [[check]] in [[growth]].
# That which has been checked in growth; a [[stunted]] animal or thing.
# A two-year-old [[whale]], which, having been [[wean]]ed, is [[lean]] and yields little [[blubber]].
 
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=nsttu|Nutts}}
 
==Dutch==
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-stunt.ogg}}
 
===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-s|+}}
 
# {{l|en|stunt}}
 
===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}
 
# {{infl of|nl|stunten||bare-ten-verb}}
 
==Middle English==
 
===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}
 
# {{alt form|enm|stound|nodot=a}}: [[various]] [[span]]s of [[time]].
 
==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}
 
===Etymology===
From {{bor|nb|en|stunt}}.
 
===Noun===
{{nb-noun-n1}}
 
# a {{l|en|stunt}}
 
====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|stuntmann}}
 
===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}
 
==Norwegian Nynorsk==
 
===Etymology===
From {{bor|nn|en|stunt}}.
 
===Noun===
{{nn-noun-n1}}
 
# a {{l|en|stunt}}
 
====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|stuntmann}}
 
===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}
 
==Old English==
 
===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*stuntaz||short, stunted; stupid}}.
 
===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|stunt}}
 
===Adjective===
{{ang-adj}}
 
# [[stupid]], [[foolish]]
#: {{syn|ang|dwæs}}
# {{lb|ang|substantive}} [[idiot]], [[fool]]
 
====Declension====
{{ang-adecl|stunt}}
 
====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|stunt|stont}}
** {{desc|en|stunt}}
 
==Swedish==
 
===Etymology===
{{bor+|sv|en|stunt}}.
 
===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}
 
# a {{l|en|stunt}} (in a movie, as often performed by stuntmen)
 
====Declension====
# To [[check]] the [[growth]] or [[development]] of.
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}
 
====See also====
[[Category:English words with multiple etymologies]]
* {{l|sv|stuntman}}
 
===References===
[[fa:stunt]]
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
[[fr:stunt]]
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}
[[io:stunt]]
[[pl:stunt]]
[[ta:stunt]]
[[vi:stunt]]
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