shunt

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Synonyms: shun, hunt, shut, slunt, stunt, shuns, shant, shent, shunk, shutt, sunt

Antonyms: shun, hunt, shut, slunt, stunt, shuns, shant, shent, shunk, shutt, sunt

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause#Verb|cause]] to [[move#Verb|move]] ([[suddenly]]), as by [[push#Verb|pushing]] or [[shove#Verb|shoving]]; to give a ([[sudden]]) [[start#Noun|start]] to.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[divert]] to a less [[important]] [[place#Noun|place]], [[position#Noun|position]], or [[state#Noun|state]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[provide]] with a [[#Noun|shunt]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To move [[data]] in [[memory]] to a [[physical#Adjective|physical]] [[disk]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|electricity}} To [[divert]] [[electric]] [[current]] by providing an [[alternative]] [[path]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|rail transport}} To move a [[train#Noun|train]] from one [[track#Noun|track]] to another, or to move [[carriage]]s, etc. from one train to another.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|road transport|informal|Britain}} To have a [[minor#Adjective|minor]] [[collision]], especially in a [[motor car]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|surgery}} To divert the [[flow#Noun|flow]] of a [[body]] [[fluid]].
9. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete|Britain|dialectal}} To [[turn]] [[aside#Adverb|aside]] or [[away]]; to divert.
10. {{lb|en|finance|UK|historical}} To carry on [[arbitrage]] between the [[London]] [[stock exchange]] and [[provincial]] stock exchanges.

Noun

1. An act of [[move#Verb|moving]] ([[suddenly]]), as due to a [[push#Noun|push]] or [[shove#Noun|shove]].
2. {{lb|en|electricity}} A [[connection]] used as an [[alternative#Adjective|alternative]] [[path]] between [[part#Noun|parts]] of an [[electrical]] [[circuit]].
3. {{lb|en|firearms}} The [[shifting#Noun|shifting]] of the [[stud#Noun|studs]] on a [[projectile#Noun|projectile]] from the [[deep#Adjective|deep]] to the [[shallow#Adjective|shallow]] [[side#Noun|sides]] of the [[groove#Noun|grooves]] in its [[discharge#Noun|discharge]] from a [[shunt gun]].
4. {{lb|en|medicine|veterinary medicine}} An [[abnormal]] [[passage]] between [[body]] [[channel#Noun|channels]].
5. {{lb|en|surgery}} A passage between body channels [[construct#Verb|constructed]] [[surgically]] as a [[bypass#Noun|bypass]]; a [[tube]] [[insert#Verb|inserted]] into the body to [[create]] such a passage.
6. {{lb|en|rail transport}} A [[switch#Noun|switch]] on a [[railway]] used to [[move#Verb|move]] a [[train#Noun|train]] from one [[track#Noun|track]] to another.
7. {{lb|en|chiefly|road transport|informal|Britain}} A minor [[collision]] between [[vehicle]]s.

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