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Strunt vs Stunt - What's the difference?

strunt | stunt |

As nouns the difference between strunt and stunt

is that strunt is (scotland) spirituous liquor while stunt is stunt.

strunt

English

Noun

  • (Scotland) spirituous liquor
    • (Robert Burns)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    stunt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • "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."
  • A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
    • Derived terms
    * publicity stunt * stunt double * stuntman * stuntperson * stuntwoman

    Etymology 2

    From dialectal . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To check or hinder the growth or development of.
    • 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.
  • (cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
  • (intransitive, slang, AAVE) To show off; to posture.
  • * Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), I Don't Like That (rap song)
    • I don't like his style, and he always stuntin' .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 ----