Numb vs Stunt - What's the difference?
numb | stunt |
Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
Causing numbness.
* Shakespeare
To cause to become numb.
A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
(archaic) skill
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
To check or hinder the growth or development of.
(cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
(intransitive, slang, AAVE) To show off; to posture.
* Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), I Don't Like That (rap song)
A check in growth.
That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
English terms with multiple etymologies
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As an adjective numb
is without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.As a verb numb
is to cause to become numb.As a noun stunt is
stunt.numb
English
Adjective
(er)- All thin and naked to the numb cold night.
Antonyms
* sensible, sensitiveDerived terms
* benumb * numbly * numbness * numbnutsVerb
(en verb)- The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.
Synonyms
* benumbstunt
English
Etymology 1
Unknown.Noun
(en noun)- "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."
Derived terms
* publicity stunt * stunt double * stuntman * stuntperson * stuntwomanEtymology 2
From dialectal . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
- The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.
- I don't like his style, and he always stuntin' .