When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Stunt — 〈[ stʌ̣nt] m. 6〉 gefährliche Filmszene, die von einem Stuntman dargestellt wird ● einen Stunt drehen, spielen [zu engl. stunt „Kunststück“] * * * Stunt [stʌnt ], der; s, s [engl. stunt = Kunststück, Trick, H. u.]: gefährliches, akrobatisches… … Universal-Lexikon
stunt — [stʌnt] noun [countable] disapproving MARKETING something that is done to attract people s attention to a product or company: • The companies turned the event into a publicity stunt. • They deliberately created a controversial commercial as a… … Financial and business terms
Stunt — Sm gefährliche, akrobatische Aktion per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. stunt, dessen Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist. Ebenso nndl. stunt, nschw. stuntman, nnorw. stunt. ✎ Carstensen 3 (1996), 1450f. englisch e … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
stunt — sb., et, s el. stunt, ene; lave et stunt; et politisk stunt … Dansk ordbog
stunt — stunt1 [stunt] vt. [< 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] 1. to check the growth or development of; dwarf 2. to… … English World dictionary
Stunt — Stunt, n. [Cf. {Stint} a task.] 1. A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat. [Colloq.] An extraordinary man does three or four different stunts with remarkable dexterity. The … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stunt — 〈 [stʌ̣nt] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 gefährliche Filmszene, die von einem Stuntman dargestellt wird; einen Stunt drehen, spielen [Etym.: zu engl. stunt »Kunststück«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
stunt — Ⅰ. stunt [1] ► VERB ▪ retard the growth or development of. ORIGIN from dialect stunt «foolish, stubborn», from Germanic. Ⅱ. stunt [2] ► NOUN 1) an action displaying spectacular skill and daring … English terms dictionary
stunt´ed|ly — stunt|ed «STUHN tihd», adjective. 1. checked in growth or development; undeveloped; dwarfed: »a knot of stunted hollies (Thomas Hardy). 2. disproportionately or abnormally short or small. 3. (of growth or development) checked or arrested.… … Useful english dictionary
stunt|ed — «STUHN tihd», adjective. 1. checked in growth or development; undeveloped; dwarfed: »a knot of stunted hollies (Thomas Hardy). 2. disproportionately or abnormally short or small. 3. (of growth or development) checked or arrested. –stunt´ed|ly,… … Useful english dictionary
