- 1shunt somebody/something + adv./prep. (usually disapproving) to move someone or something to a different place, especially a less important one John was shunted sideways to a job in sales.
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- 2shunt something to move a train or a car of a train from one track to another
shunt
verbNAmE//ʃʌnt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shunt he / she / it shunts
past simple shunted
-ing form shunting
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