shunts

/SH AH1 N T S/
noun
  1. 1

    An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.

  2. 2

    A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.

  3. 3

    The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

  4. 4

    An abnormal passage between body channels.

  5. 5

    A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.

  6. 6

    A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.

  7. 7

    A minor collision between vehicles.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.

    syn:shove
  2. 2

    To divert to a less important place, position, or state.

  3. 3

    To provide with a shunt.

    โ€œto shunt a galvanometerโ€

  4. 4

    To move data in memory to a physical disk.

  5. 5

    To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.

  6. 6

    To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.

  7. 7

    To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.

  8. 8

    To divert the flow of a body fluid.

  9. 9

    To turn aside or away; to divert.

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shunt, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shunts