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

“shunt : (transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
(transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
(transitive) To provide with a shunt.
(transitive, computing) To move data in memory to a physical disk.
(transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
(transitive, chiefly road transport, informal, Britain) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
(transitive, surgery) To divert the flow of a body fluid.
(transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To turn aside or away; to divert.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shunt#English

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