shunt
verb/ʃʌnt/
/ʃʌnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shunt | /ʃʌnt/ /ʃʌnt/ |
| he / she / it shunts | /ʃʌnts/ /ʃʌnts/ |
| past simple shunted | /ˈʃʌntɪd/ /ˈʃʌntɪd/ |
| past participle shunted | /ˈʃʌntɪd/ /ˈʃʌntɪd/ |
| -ing form shunting | /ˈʃʌntɪŋ/ /ˈʃʌntɪŋ/ |
- shunt something to move a train or a coach of a train from one track to anotherTopics Transport by bus and trainc2
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- shunt somebody/something + adv./prep. (usually disapproving) to move somebody/something to a different place, especially a less important one
- John was shunted sideways to a job in sales.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘move suddenly aside’): perhaps from shun.
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