To shun; to move from.

To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to
shove.

To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.

To go aside; to turn off.

A turning off to a side or short track, that the
principal track may be left free.

A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor,
or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel
or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for
the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main 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.