stunt

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
noun a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
verb check the growth or development of

Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).

The left hand is stunted. — Royal Highness, Thomas Mann
Begone, begone, ye stunted, emaciated epigones! — The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Man alone seems stunted in his outlines. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid

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