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The G is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 2 to keep sting a real word, then given back at rung 4. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
A daring or skillful act performed to impress an audience.
The origin is uncertain; it may come from a dialectal or student-slang word meaning a feat or trick, possibly related to an older sense of 'stunt' meaning to check growth. The 'daring performance' sense became popular in American English. It is also used as a verb meaning to slow or stop growth.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗Two times, on two occasions.
From Old English 'twiges,' formed from 'twa,' meaning two, plus a genitive suffix that became '-ce' in English. The same pattern formed 'once' from 'one.' It is a very old and stable word that has changed little since Old English.
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