stunt
noun /stʌnt/
/stʌnt/
- a dangerous and difficult action that somebody does to entertain people, especially as part of a film
- He did all his own stunts.
- a stunt pilot
- a stunt flying team
Collocations Cinema/the moviesCinema/the moviesWatchingTopics Film and theatreb2- go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater
- rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD
- see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer
- show/screen a film
- promote/distribute/review a film
- (British English) be on at the cinema
- be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
- captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
- do well/badly at the box office
- get a lot of/live up to the hype
- write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
- do/work on a sequel/remake
- film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)
- compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
- cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence
- have/get/do an audition
- get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
- play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
- act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt
- work in/make it big in Hollywood
- forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood
- the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
- the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
- shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up
- use odd/unusual camera angles
- be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
- be set/take place in London/in the ’60s
- have a happy ending/plot twist
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- daredevil
- daring
- …
- do
- perform
- attempt
- …
- go wrong
- coordinator
- man
- woman
- …
- (sometimes disapproving) something that is done in order to attract people’s attention
- They jumped off London Bridge as a publicity stunt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- PR
- promotional
- publicity
- …
- arrange
- organize
- stage
- …
- backfire
- as a stunt
- (informal) a stupid or dangerous act
- I've had enough of her childish stunts.
- Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again!
- What was the point of tonight's little stunt?
Word Originnoun late 19th cent. (originally US college slang): of unknown origin.