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Definitions for Shunter
[1] to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
[2] to sidetrack; get rid of.
[3] Electricity . to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another. to place or furnish with a shunt.
[4] Railroads . to shift (rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
[5] Surgery . to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt. the tube itself.
[6] to move or turn aside or out of the way.
[7] (of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch.
[8] the act of shunting; shift.
[9] Also called bypass. Electricity . a conducting element bridged across a circuit or a portion of a circuit, establishing a current path auxiliary to the main circuit, as a resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter for increasing the range of the device.
[10] a railroad switch.
[11] Surgery . a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
[12] Anatomy . an anastomosis.
[13] Electricity . being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
[14] a small railway locomotive used for manoeuvring coaches rather than for making journeys
[15] to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside
[16] railways to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track
[17] electronics to divert or be diverted through a shunt
[18] (tr) to evade by putting off onto someone else
[19] (tr) motor racing slang to crash (a car)
[20] the act or an instance of shunting
[21] a railway point
[22] electronics a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current
[23] med a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced
[24] British informal a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front
Words nearby Shunter
shuntshultz, shulwar, shumen, shun, shunpike, shunt, shunt-wound, shunter, shunting engine, shunto, shura
Origin of Shunter
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English schunten, shonten to shy (said of horses); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; akin to shun
Other words from Shunter
shunt·er , noun
un·shunt·ed , adjective
Word origin for Shunter
C13: perhaps from shunen to shun