[shunt] vb [ME, to flinch] vt (13c) 1 a: to turn off to one side: shift "was ~ed aside" b: to switch (as a train) from one track to another
2: to provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
3: to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt
4: shuttle "~ed the missiles from shelter to shelter" ~ vi 1: to move to the side
2: to travel back and forth "~ed between the two towns" -- shunt.er n
[2]shunt n (ca. 1859) 1: a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside: as a chiefly Brit: a railroad switch b: a conductor joining two points in an electrical circuit so as to form a parallel or alternative path through which a portion of the current may pass (as for regulating the amount passing in the main circuit) c: a surgical passage created between two blood vessels to divert blood from one part to another
2: an accident (as a collision between two cars) esp. in auto racing