Definition of Stunt man

1. Noun. A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts. "His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"

Exact synonyms: Double, Stunt Woman
Generic synonyms: Backup, Backup Man, Fill-in, Relief, Reliever, Stand-in, Substitute

Definition of Stunt man

1. Noun. (alternative form of stuntman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stunt Man

stunningness
stunnings
stunod
stunods
stuns
stunsail
stunsails
stunt
stunt cocks
stunt double
stunt doubles
stunt flier
stunt flying
stunt kite
stunt man (current term)
stunt pilot
stunt woman
stunted
stuntedly
stuntedness
stuntednesses
stuntfest
stuntfests
stunting
stuntlike
stuntman
stuntmen
stuntness
stuntology

Literary usage of Stunt man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pressure: A Play in One Act by Lindsay Price (1997)
"I want to be a stunt man in the movies. Yeah, jumping off buildings. Four, Nine, Twelve stories. Flaming like a human torch from a twenty-story building ..."

2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1918)
"stunt man, The. SEP April 21. Thrill Shooter, The. SEP March 17. Tods. SEP June 16. VAN LOON, HENDRIK WILLEM. (1882- .) (See 1916.) *Logic of Tippoo Na Gai, ..."

3. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"It has been seen in many movies, including the great Peter O'Toole flick The stunt man. It's also where England's King Edward VIII first met the femme ..."

4. Lightness: the Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum Energy Structures by Adriaan Beukers, Ed van Hinte (2005)
"It took him quite an amount of effort to sell his ideato the English army, as they saw his attempts to present it as just an extension of his stunt man ..."

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