blindside vs shunt

blindside

noun
  • A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver. 

  • The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6. 

  • A person's weak point. 

  • A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver. 

  • The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside. 

verb
  • To attack (a person) on his or her blind side. 

  • To catch off guard; to take by surprise. 

shunt

noun
  • A minor collision between vehicles. 

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

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

  • An abnormal passage between body channels. 

  • 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. 

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

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

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

  • To move data in memory to a physical disk. 

  • To divert the flow of a body fluid. 

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

  • To provide with a shunt. 

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

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

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

  • To divert electric current by providing an alternative path. 

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