What is "stunt"

Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] [See Stint.] 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.

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.

Stunt \Stunt\, n.

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

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

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.

   An extraordinary man does three or four different ``stunts'' with remarkable dexterity.
   --The Bookman.

   He does not try to do stunts; and, above all, he does not care to go in swimming.
   --L. Hutton.

2. an unusual action performed to gain public attention; as, a publicity stunt.

"check in growth, dwarf," 1650s, from verb uses of Middle English adjective stunnt "foolish," from Old English stunt "short-witted, foolish" (as in stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (source of Old Norse stuttr "short"). Related: Stunted; stunting.

"feat to attract attention," 1878, American English college sports slang, of uncertain origin. Speculated to be a variant of colloquial stump "dare, challenge" (1871), or of German stunde, literally "hour." The movie stunt man is attested from 1930.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A dare or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. 2 (context archaic English) skill 3 (cx American football English) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. Etymology 2

n. 1 A check in growth. 2 That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing. 3 A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To check or hinder the growth or development of. 2 (context intransitive cheerleading English) To perform a stunt. 3 (context intransitive slang AAVE English) To show off; to posture.

1. n. a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention

2. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth

1. v. check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"

2. perform a stunt or stunts

A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually on television, theatre, or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer generated imagery special effects, these effects were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to jump from car to car or hang from the edge of a skyscraper: the stunt performer or stunt double.

Stunt is the fourth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. By far their most successful album, it entered the US charts at #3 and sold over 4 million units by the end of its chart run. Its first single, " One Week" became the band's breakthrough single in the U.S. market by hitting #1 (selling over 5 million copies). The song also reached #5 in the UK, and helped revitalize their career in the band's home country of Canada, where their fame had diminished since the days of their debut album Gordon. In addition, follow-up singles " It's All Been Done", " Alcohol" and " Call and Answer" were each successful to some degree.

Stunt is the first studio album to feature keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Hearn, who originally joined the band for the Born on a Pirate Ship tour in 1995. Shortly after the release of the album, Hearn was diagnosed with leukemia. He spent the Stunt tour receiving chemotherapy and was replaced by Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin in the interim.

Tracks recorded for Stunt that did not appear on the album were "Long Way Back Home" and "She's On Time." These tracks appear as hidden tracks on the "limited edition" version of the album. "Long Way Back Home" was used during the closing credits for the band's Stunt tour documentary Barenaked in America.

There was also a special edition of the album which contained the standard 13 tracks plus a second disc including two versions of " Brian Wilson" (the album version and the "2000" version), and live versions of " The Old Apartment", " Jane", "When I Fall", " If I Had $1000000" and "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank".

As with each of their earlier albums, the band recorded one song, "Alcohol", completely naked.

The album was released on vinyl June 2, 2015.

In botany and agriculture, stunting describes a plant disease that results in dwarfing and loss of vigor. It may be caused by infectious or noninfectious means.

A stunt in American football and Canadian football, sometimes called a twist, is a planned maneuver by a pair of players of the defensive team by which they exchange roles to better slip past blockers of the offensive team at the beginning of a play.

The purpose of a stunt is to confuse opposing blockers, which is an aid to the defense in rushing an opposing forward pass or kick. The main weakness of a stunt is that it is more vulnerable than average to running plays by the opposing team. In most cases, the defense will not use a play incorporating stunting if it expects a running play from the offense.

There are two main types of stunts. In one, a line player, who would otherwise try to charge forward, instead drops back, and a nearby linebacker or defensive back charges forward instead. In the other, which is known as cross-rushing, line players, instead of charging straight ahead, cross paths. One of them may follow a looping path that goes behind the other before moving forward (in which case the stunt is called a "loop"), or one may wait for the other to penetrate slightly first, and then cross behind, their paths angling across each other. In some variants, a rushing player will run around more than one rushing teammate.

Because of the exchange of roles, a stunt is sometimes called a "trade"; blockers of the offensive team may engage in similar "trades". The defensive players involved are said to be stunting or trading, or sometimes to "have a game on".

The name "stunt" presumably derives from its more general meaning of a showy trick. The term has been used in a football context since at least the 1960s. However, the maneuver itself dates back to the 19th century. Walter Camp wrote of role exchanges between a line player and a "line-half" (then the nomenclature for what is now called a linebacker; presumably a cross between lineman and halfback, or a halfback playing behind the line; cf. "scrum-half" in rugby) in efforts to block a kick from scrimmage, forward passes not yet having been legal.

Stunt is a dance music project of British remixers/producers Pete Kirtley, Molly Smitten-Downes, Simon Wills and Dave Valler. Stunt is signed to Absolute records with their releases distributed through AATW ( All Around The World).

STUNT is a new and growing sport that is very similar to Cheerleading in terms of athletic skills. In spring 2011, USA Cheer announced that 21 universities are now committed to this sport. STUNT requires high athletic skills and its competition format and scoring systems are unique. The maximum number of players on each team can reach 30 athletes. STUNT Athletes are engaged from multiple backgrounds, including traditional cheerleading schools, “All Stars” who are non-school cheerleaders and acrobatics and/or gymnastics athletes. STUNT is being considered for NCAA Emerging Sport status and has been designed to meet Title IX's requirements for intercollegiate sports.

A stunt is a difficult or unusual feat performed for film or theatre.

Stunt or Stunting may also refer to:

• Stunted growth or stunting, a primary manifestation of malnutrition in early childhood
• Stunt (botany), a plant disease that results in dwarfing and loss of vigor
• Stunt (music act), a British dance music act
• Stunt (album), an album by Barenaked Ladies
• Stunts (video game), a driving video game
• Stunt (football), an American Football defensive play
• Stunting (broadcasting), when a radio station abruptly begins broadcasting seemingly uncharacteristic programming
• Stunt Records, a record label
• Publicity stunt, a planned event designed to attract the public's attention to the promoters or their causes