I. noun
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cheap...stunt
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another cheap political stunt
pull a stunt/trick/joke
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Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!
stunt man
stunt woman
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■ NOUN
man
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Will Hollywood movie stars leave all the on-screen action to their stunt men ?
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Her husband, stunt man Scott Wilder, was injured.
publicity
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A statement from the heart or a mere publicity stunt ?
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He overrode negative reviews with publicity stunts .
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It could be a publicity stunt gone wrong.
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Unionist politicians accused him of naivety and dismissed the truce as a publicity stunt .
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Now that times are tougher, such costly publicity stunts are harder to justify.
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It's a publicity stunt to gain sympathy.
■ VERB
do
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And not just movie actors who can do stunts .
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Boy, this guy did a terrific stunt on his bike.
perform
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However, performing many of the stunts requires good eye and hand coordination, as well as lots and lots of grip and strength.
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It means constant activity above their heads as they perform their already risky stunts .
pull
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As a globe-trotting performer, Mu oz manages to pull his stunts in shows some 450 times a year.
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Daley was going to pull the oldest convention stunt of them all-packing the gallery.
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He became a convert after pulling an extraordinary stunt with his Swissmade Kuhn-Rikon pressure cooker.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lockiear was the first pilot to do aerial stunts for the movies.
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The hunger strike is thought to be just another political stunt .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A goofy stunt for February sweeps?
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But Moore freely admits he has no stomach for the stunts.
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He also knew the value of goofy legal stunts.
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She was more concerned by the attitude of the authorities on both sides of the river, who wanted no more stunts.
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That same year, a minor tragedy occurred during a pre-game stunt .
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The stunt took two years to perfect, and the team used a series of remote cameras to film every breath-taking second.
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The stunt was enacted in the grounds of Longleat House, home of the Marquis of Bath.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
growth
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No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.
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The brain under these vessels develops severe seizures, is stunted in its growth , and becomes essentially useless.
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He has Seckels Syndrome, a rare disease that stunts growth .
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Pollution is stunting their growth and reducing blood enzyme activity.
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And if self-abuse stunts your growth , why put mucky mags on the top shelf?
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Government-organised cartels have stunted its growth .
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A terrestrial plant will always be stunted in growth and assimilation and can never be a match for a true aquatic plant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Slow economic growth stunted corporate profits last quarter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I refused to fly alone until I knew some stunting.
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The Parmenters lived in a stunted frame house at the edge of a brick sidewalk in Georgetown.