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Definition of stunt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stunt

noun
 
/stʌnt/
 
/stʌnt/
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  1. 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 moviesWatching
    • 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
    Showing
    • 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
    Film-making
    • 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
    Acting
    • 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
    Describing films
    • 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
    Topics Film and theatreb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dangerous
    • daredevil
    • daring
    verb + stunt
    • do
    • perform
    • attempt
    stunt + verb
    • go wrong
    stunt + noun
    • coordinator
    • man
    • woman
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  2. (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
    verb + stunt
    • arrange
    • organize
    • stage
    stunt + verb
    • backfire
    preposition
    • as a stunt
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  3. (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?
  4. Word Originnoun late 19th cent. (originally US college slang): of unknown origin.
See stunt in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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