STUNTING
acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying
(noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
stunting
present participle of stunt
Noun
stunting (countable and uncountable, plural stuntings)
(medicine) Stunted growth, often caused by chronic malnutrition.
Anagrams
• Nuttings, nuttings
Source: Wiktionary
STUNT
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
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