quinta-feira, 28 de fevereiro de 2013

Word of the day: SHUNT


Shunt:  desvio, manobra (trem), chave de estrada de ferro, circuito secundário (eletr.), derivação, desviar, sair do caminho,  por de lado, livrar-se, manobrar um trem
Synonyms: shove, thrust, jolt, push, diversion, bypass, push, shove, move, shift, propel, force, thrust, jolt
Shunt them into walls.”
“So instead of simply overtaking your opponents, the game actively encourages you to shunt them into on coming traffic.”
“When she was six, she had an operation to adjust a shunt, which cut across her optic nerve and left her totally blind.”  (www.wordhippo.com)

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