STUNT


Meaning of STUNT in English

I.

noun

1 sth done for attention

ADJECTIVE

▪ PR , promotional , publicity

▪ media , political

▪ little ( disapproving )

What was the point of tonight's little ~?

▪ crazy , stupid

VERB + STUNT

▪ arrange , organize , stage

She arranged a publicity ~ to make the public aware of the product.

▪ pull

What do you hope to gain by pulling a ~ like that?

STUNT + VERB

▪ backfire

PREPOSITION

▪ as a ~

They jumped off the bridge as a publicity ~.

2 dangerous act

ADJECTIVE

▪ dangerous , daredevil , daring , death-defying

▪ dramatic ( esp. BrE ), spectacular

▪ aerial

VERB + STUNT

▪ do , perform

The actor performed all the ~s himself.

▪ attempt

STUNT + VERB

▪ go wrong

STUNT + NOUN

▪ coordinator , man (usually stuntman ) , woman (usually stuntwoman )

a Hollywood stuntwoman

▪ double

He was Tom Cruise's ~ double.

▪ driver , pilot , rider

▪ work

II.

verb

Stunt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ growth

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .