The meaning of STUNT is to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of. How to use stunt in a sentence.

stunt (the growth of) Drought has stunted (the growth of) this year's cereal crop.

A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a …

1. a performance displaying a person's skill, dexterity, or daring; feat. 2. a feat performed chiefly to attract attention: a publicity stunt. 3. to do a stunt or stunts.

Jan 15, 2026 · 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.

a feat performed to attract attention: a publicity stunt. a performance of a dangerous-looking act for a scene in a movie: That actor does his own stunts: crashing through windows and hanging from the …

Stunt definition: To check the growth or development of.