| Shunt: English to English |
| Shunt (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off. |
| Shunt (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 |
| Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. |
| Shunt (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. |
| Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. |
| Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer. |
| Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from. |
| Shunt (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. |