stunting
English
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Etymology
[edit]See stunt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stunting
- present participle and gerund of stunt
Noun
[edit]stunting (countable and uncountable, plural stuntings)
- (informal) The act of performing stunts or ostentatiously showing off.
- (medicine) Stunted growth, often caused by chronic malnutrition.
- 1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar:
- Hence happens the frequent stuntings, blighting, and destruction of young trees […]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]chronic malnutrition
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