shunt

Meanings

1. 1
   noun An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
2. 2
   noun A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
3. 3
   noun 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.
4. 4
   noun An abnormal passage between body channels.
5. 5
   noun A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
6. 6
   noun A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
7. 7
   noun A minor collision between vehicles.
8. 8
   verb To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
9. 9
   verb To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
10. 10
    verb To provide with a shunt.
11. 11
    verb To move data in memory to a physical disk.
12. 12
    verb To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
13. 13
    verb To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
14. 14
    verb To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
15. 15
    verb To divert the flow of a body fluid.
16. 16
    verb To turn aside or away; to divert.