Stunt

·noun A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

II. Stunt ·noun Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

III. Stunt ·add. ·noun A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.

IV. Stunt ·vt 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.