shunt Definition

shunt
verb shunted, shunting

1. To move (a train or carriage) from one track to another.
tr & intr
2. To turn or move aside.
3. To bypass or sidetrack.
4. To get rid of or transfer (eg a task) on to someone else, as an evasion.
5. colloq
To crash (a car), especially one in the back of another.
6. electronics.
To divert or be diverted by means of a shunt.

noun

1. An act of shunting or being shunted.
2. electronics.
A conductor diverting part of an electric current.
3. A railway siding.
4. colloq
A minor collision between vehicles.

Derivative: shunter
noun

Etymology: 13c.