What is the meaning of Shunt?

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

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

To provide with a shunt.

To move data in memory to a physical disk.

To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.

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

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

To divert the flow of a body fluid.

To turn aside or away; to divert.

To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.

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

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

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.

An abnormal passage between body channels.

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

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

A minor collision between vehicles.

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Source: wiktionary.org