Main Entry: ¹shunt

Pronunciation: \ˈshənt\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, to move suddenly, turn away, evade, perhaps from past participle of shonen

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 a : to turn off to one side : shift <was shunted aside> b : to switch (as a train) 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
4 : shuttle <shunted the missiles from shelter to shelter>intransitive verb 1 : to move to the side
2 : to travel back and forth <shunted between the two towns>

— shunt·er noun