Category:Stunt

Stunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] Etym: [see stint.]

Defn: 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.