1a : to turn off to one side : shift was shunted aside. b : to switch (a railroad car, a train, etc.) from one track to another. 2 : to provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt. 3 : to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt.
What does shunt slang mean?
In Victorian London, a big part of a policeman's job would have been telling prostitutes to move on (one in 12 women in the city was working as a prostitute at this time) and “shunt” is slang for “move” or “push”.
How do you use shunt in a sentence?
Shunt in a Sentence ?
- It's unfortunate that our society tends to shunt older workers to retirement before they are ready.
- The thirty something attempted to shunt the idea of marriage in hopes she would get a ring.
- The car responsible for the rear-end crash shunt the other vehicle into oncoming traffic.
