stunt

Definition

  • verb: to stop (someone or something) from growing or developing
  • verb: to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of
  • synonyms: feat, check, cramp

Examples

  • Too many restrictions have 'stunted' the economy.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Let's take a look at you. Well, now, Butch, you've got to have more respect for me than to think I'd fall for a stunt like that. You can't want to get blown up again? Uh, Butch, you know if it were my money, there's nobody I'd (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid