shunt

1. An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
2. A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
3. 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.
4. An abnormal passage between body channels.
5. A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
6. A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.

Plural shunts