n.
1.a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
2.a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3.implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber shunt v.
1.transfer to another track, of trains
2.provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Idiom of the Day
stuff the ballot box
to put false ballots into a ballot box during an election
The man was arrested because he was stuffing the ballot box during the election.