stunt

stunt is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. noun. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
3. noun. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
4. noun. a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
5. noun. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
6. verb. perform a stunt or stunts
7. verb. check the growth or development of

   "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"

Common word forms

stunts, stunted, stunter, stunting, stuntness

Words from these letters

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