Clues for the word "SHUNT"

We've had 42 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 61 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on June 08, 2024.

Definition of shunt

v. t. - To shun; to move from.
v. t. - To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
v. t. - To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
v. t. - To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
v. i. - To go aside; to turn off.
v. t. - A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
v. t. - A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
v. t. - The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.