Shunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n.Shunting.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. Shun.] 1. To shun; to move from.
2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. Ash.
3. To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
For shunting your late partner on to me. T. Hughes.
4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.