See Also: Shunt(medicine)
A-V shunt(medicine)
vp shunt(medicine)
shunt(2)(dictionary)
shunt(1)(dictionary)
Shunt(health)
H shunt(medicine)
portasystemic shunt(medicine)
portacaval shunt(medicine)
peritoneovenous shunt(medicine)

shunt(2) (iou)



shunt verb. ME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from SHUN.]
verb intrans. Move suddenly aside; start, shy. ME-L18.
b. verb trans. Evade (a blow etc.). Only in LME.
verb trans. Push, shove. Cf. SHUN 7. Chiefly dial. E18.
verb trans. Move (a train or a part of it) from the main line to a siding or from one line of rails to another, esp. by pushing; fig. push aside or out of the way. M19.
P. Theroux Our train was shunted back and forth. S. Middleton They were..shunted off to eat in another room.
b. verb intrans. (Of a train) be moved in this way; fig. move out of the way. M19.
R. Campbell The train had to shunt..on to different lines.
verb trans.
a. Electricity. Divert (a portion of an electric current) by means of a shunt (SHUNT noun 3a); divert current from (an instrument). L19.
b. Medicine. Pass (blood) through a shunt (SHUNT noun 3b). E20.
shunter noun (a) a railway worker employed in shunting rolling-stock; (b) a small locomotive used for shunting rolling-stock: M19.