Antonyms for stunt

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : stʌnt

failure

Definition of stunt

Origin : "check in growth, dwarf," 1650s, verb use of Middle English adjective stunnt "foolish," from Old English stunt "short-witted, foolish" (cf. stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (cf. Old Norse stuttr "short"), from the root of stump. Related: Stunted; stunting.

noun deed, trick

Example sentences :

Here, Chilvers, I want you to do a couple of columns on that stunt at the Abbey this morning!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

This was the "stunt" that he started out there in the country, where we were by ourselves.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

She and I drove out by chance, to hear Moore doing his stunt in the circus-ground.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Like the rest of us, his only thought was to see those sheep do their "stunt."
Extract from : « Camping with President Roosevelt » by John Burroughs

Her father had her down at the station doing a stunt for a bunch of professors.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

The girl had gone into her stunt with a sort of angry energy.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

He comes over and tells me about that Mission Ridge stunt of his every chance he gets.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

No more would he stunt his spiritual growth by self-satisfaction.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

Seeing that the stunt was on a small scale, we seem to have got into the Turks with a vengeance.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

Too bad, but I don't trust the Sans even to do this stunt in a nice way.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

Synonyms for stunt

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