Definition of shunts:
(v) :
(transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
(v) :
(transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
(v) :
(transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
(v) :
(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
(n) :
An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
(n) :
(surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.