stunt

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To check the growth or development of.
2. n. One that stunts.
3. n. One that is stunted.
4. n. A plant disease that causes dwarfing.
5. n. A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring.
6. n. Something done to attract attention or publicity.
7. v. To perform stunts or a stunt.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Dull; obtuse; stupid; foolish.
2. Fierce; angry.
3. To make a fool of.
4. To check; cramp; hinder; stint: used of growth or progress.
5. To check the growth or development of; hinder the increase or progress or; cramp; dwarf: as, to stunt a child by hard usage.
6. n. An animal which has been prevented from attaining its proper growth; a stunted creature; specifically, a whale of two years, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
7. n. A check in growth; a partial or complete arrest of development or progress.
8. n. A feat; a performance of more or less difficulty, especially in athletics.
9. An assistant; assistant.

Wiktionary

1. n. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
2. n. archaic skill
3. v. transitive To check or hinder the growth or development of.
4. v. intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular To show off; to posture.
5. n. A check in growth.
6. n. That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
7. n. A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf.
2. n. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
3. n. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
4. n. colloq. A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
5. n. an unusual action performed to gain public attention.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. check the growth or development of
2. n. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
3. n. a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
4. v. perform a stunt or stunts