stuntnoun [ C ]
uk/stʌnt/us/stʌnt/stunt noun [ C ] (EXCITING ACTION)
an exciting action, usually in a film, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs to be done by someone skilled:
It's a typical action movie with plenty of spectacular stunts.
Tom Cruise has performed his own stunts for Mission Impossible 2, defying warnings from professionals.
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- showing
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- the big screen 1
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stunt noun [ C ] (GET ATTENTION)
mainly disapproving something that is done to get attention for the person or people responsible for it:
an advertising stunt
Their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt.
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Advertising and marketing
- ad
- ad agency
- adman
- advert
- advertise
- copywriter
- CRM
- cross-promote
- cross-selling
- customer relationship management
- flier
- flyer
- mailshot
- obo
- ono
- overvalue
- own brand
- patter
- personal ad
- want ad
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Idiom(s)
pull a stunt
stuntverb [ T ]
uk/stʌnt/us/stʌnt/to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit:
Drought has stunted (the growth of) this year's cereal crop.
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Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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Preventing and impeding