verb
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(cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
definition
To show off; to posture.
verb
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To check or hinder the growth or development of.
example
Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
noun
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Stunted growth, often caused by chronic malnutrition.
Examples of stunting in a Sentence
Characteristic of coeliac disease is varying degrees of stunting of the small intestinal villi.
Stunting my growth and development already.
These include flushing, stunting syndrome, feed refusal syndrome, poult growth depression and poult enteritis complex.
New infections, scarring, or stunting of kidney growth may result in the need for surgery.
All-Star squads are generally allowed a higher level of stunting and tumbling than recreational and/or school squads.
This shoe is probably ideal for middle school or junior varsity squads that don't do a lot of stunting.
This shoe comes with built in flexibility and consequently is a great shoe for squads that are doing more dancing and floor cheering as opposed to stunting.
This shoe has heel notches for a better grip while stunting and is designed with tumbling and stunting in mind to provide both support and flexibility.
This shoe is ideal for high school or college stunting and cheering squads.
Letterman jackets show solidarity with the school's athletes and are especially appropriate for senior high school squads that do stunting and competing.
Unlike cheers, chants are generally done with limited motions, no stunts (or very limited stunting), and are very easy for the crowd to follow if you do them right.
Flyers should wear stunting shoes with finger grooves so that the people holding her have a better grip.
Proper stretching also warms up muscles before routines and stunting; warm muscles are less injury prone.
It's important to feel comfortable while stunting, so if something doesn't feel right - say something!
This generally is when the cheer squad is mostly a dance squad as opposed to a stunting squad.
Routines, dancing, stunting, tumbling, cheering and more are all a regular part of a cheer camp.
They are ideal for working out or doing routines that do not require any stunting and are also great for tumbling.
Cheerleaders must spend hours in the gym dancing, stunting, creating new cheers and lifting weights.
The thigh hitch teaches the littlest cheerleaders the initial progressions for future stunting.
If you're attending cheer camp as part of a team, you can expect to spend a lot of time with your teammates working on your stunting, cheers and choreography.
The coaches put together a team of 32 men and women with excellent cheer and stunting skills.
The Denver Nuggets cheerleading routines were intense and full of tumbling, stunting and acrobatic moves.
Despite the moniker, the dancers actually do a fair amount of cheering, they just don't perform the stunting or tumbling a traditional cheer team performs.