Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
STUNT
stunt
(noun) a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
stunt
(noun) a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
stunt
(verb) perform a stunt or stunts
stunt
(verb) check the growth or development of; “You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
stunt (plural stunts)
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
(archaic) skill
(American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
Hyponyms
• publicity stunt
Verb
stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)
(intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture.
Etymology 2
Verb
stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)
(transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.
Noun
stunt (plural stunts)
A check in growth.
That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
Anagrams
• Nutts
Source: Wiktionary
Stunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] Etym: [See Stint.]
Definition: 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, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee Trivia
