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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