stunting

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See stunt.

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stunting

  1. present participle and gerund of stunt

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stunting (countable and uncountable, plural stuntings)

  1. (informal) The act of performing stunts or ostentatiously showing off.
  2. (medicine) Stunted growth, often caused by chronic malnutrition.
    • 1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar:
      Hence happens the frequent stuntings, blighting, and destruction of young trees […]

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