NOUN (2)

1. a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention;

2. a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth;


VERB (2)

1. check the growth or development of;
- Example: "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"

2. perform a stunt or stunts;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Stunting.] [See Stint.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a
         nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies,
         the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunt \Stunt\, n.
   1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in
      growth; a stunted animal or thing.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been
      weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
      [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stunt \Stunt\, n. [Cf. Stint a task.]
   1. A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the
      skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat.
      [Colloq.]

            An extraordinary man does three or four different
            "stunts" with remarkable dexterity.   --The Bookman.

            He does not try to do stunts; and, above all, he
            does not care to go in swimming.      --L. Hutton.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. an unusual action performed to gain public attention; as,
      a publicity stunt.
      [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stunt
    n 1: a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to
         gain attention
    2: a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from
       attaining full growth
    v 1: check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your
         growth by building all these muscles"
    2: perform a stunt or stunts