noun a check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
2. stunt ·noun specifically: a whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
3. stunt ·add. ·noun a feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
4. stunt ·vt to hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.