I. shunt 1 /ʃʌnt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from shun ]
1 . to move someone or something to another place, especially in a way that seems unfair
shunt somebody off/around/aside etc
Smith was shunted off to one of the company’s smaller offices.
2 . to move a train or railway carriage onto a different track
II. shunt 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . an act of moving a train or railway carriage to a different track
2 . a crash, especially in a car race:
His race ended after a shunt at the first corner.