shunt ,
v :
(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.
