Not many actors do their own stunts.stunt1 nounstunt2 verb
stuntstunt1 /stʌnt/ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINstunt1
Origin:
1800-1900 Perhaps from stump ‘something risky which someone has persuaded you to do’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Lockiear was the first pilot to do aerial stunts for the movies.
- The hunger strike is thought to be just another political stunt.
- A goofy stunt for February sweeps?
- But Moore freely admits he has no stomach for the stunts.
- He also knew the value of goofy legal stunts.
- She was more concerned by the attitude of the authorities on both sides of the river, who wanted no more stunts.
- That same year, a minor tragedy occurred during a pre-game stunt.
- The stunt took two years to perfect, and the team used a series of remote cameras to film every breath-taking second.
- The stunt was enacted in the grounds of Longleat House, home of the Marquis of Bath.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Not many actors do their own stunts. Todd flew over the city in a hot-air balloon as a publicity stunt.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES another cheap political stunt Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Not many actors do their own stunts. Todd flew over the city in a hot-air balloon as a publicity stunt. another cheap political stunt Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!· Will Hollywood movie stars leave all the on-screen action to their stunt men?· Her husband, stunt man Scott Wilder, was injured.
· A statement from the heart or a mere publicity stunt?· He overrode negative reviews with publicity stunts.· It could be a publicity stunt gone wrong.· Unionist politicians accused him of naivety and dismissed the truce as a publicity stunt.· Now that times are tougher, such costly publicity stunts are harder to justify.· It's a publicity stunt to gain sympathy.
VERB· And not just movie actors who can do stunts.· Boy, this guy did a terrific stunt on his bike.
· However, performing many of the stunts requires good eye and hand coordination, as well as lots and lots of grip and strength.· It means constant activity above their heads as they perform their already risky stunts.
· As a globe-trotting performer, Mu oz manages to pull his stunts in shows some 450 times a year.· Daley was going to pull the oldest convention stunt of them all-packing the gallery.· He became a convert after pulling an extraordinary stunt with his Swissmade Kuhn-Rikon pressure cooker.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1a dangerous action that is done to entertain people, especially in a film: - He says he loves his kids, but when he pulls a stunt like this it makes me wonder.
Not many actors do their own stunts. a stunt flying show2something that is done to attract people’s attention, especially in advertising or politics: Todd flew over the city in a hot-air balloon as a publicity stunt.3pull a stunt to do something that is silly or that is slightly dangerous: Next time you pull a stunt like that don’t expect me to get you out of trouble.stunt1 nounstunt2 verb
stuntstunt2 verb [transitive] WORD ORIGINstunt2
Origin:
1600-1700 stunt ‘rude, stunted’ (16-19 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian languageVERB TABLE
stunt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | stunt |
| he, she, it | stunts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stunted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stunted |
| he, she, it | has stunted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stunted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stunt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stunted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am stunting |
| he, she, it | is stunting | |
| you, we, they | are stunting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was stunting |
| you, we, they | were stunting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stunting |
| he, she, it | has been stunting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stunting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stunting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stunting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Slow economic growth stunted corporate profits last quarter.
- I refused to fly alone until I knew some stunting.
- The Parmenters lived in a stunted frame house at the edge of a brick sidewalk in Georgetown.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES another cheap political stunt Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
to stop something or someone from growing to their full size or developing properly: another cheap political stunt Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again!· No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.· The brain under these vessels develops severe seizures, is stunted in its growth, and becomes essentially useless.· He has Seckels Syndrome, a rare disease that stunts growth.· Pollution is stunting their growth and reducing blood enzyme activity.· And if self-abuse stunts your growth, why put mucky mags on the top shelf?· Government-organised cartels have stunted its growth.· A terrestrial plant will always be stunted in growth and assimilation and can never be a match for a true aquatic plant.
Lack of sunlight will stunt the plant’s growth.