stunt double

noun

A type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.

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Meanings

nounstunt double (plural stunt doubles)

plural stunt doubles

  1. broadcastingA type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.

Translations

Dutch stuntdubbel
  • stuntdubbeltype of body double
Finnish sijaisnäyttelijä
  • sijaisnäyttelijätype of body double
French doublure
  • doubluretype of body double
Greek κασκαντέρ
  • κασκαντέρ (kaskantér)type of body double
Hungarian kaszkadőr, dublőr
  • kaszkadőrtype of body double
  • dublőrtype of body double
Italian controfigura
  • controfiguratype of body double
Japanese スタントダブル
  • スタントダブル (sutanto daburu)type of body double
Polish kaskader, kaskaderka
  • kaskadertype of body double
  • kaskaderkatype of body double
Romanian cascador
  • cascadortype of body double
Russian каскадёр
  • каскадёр (kaskadjór)type of body double
Spanish doble del truco, doble de escenas peligrosas
  • doble del trucotype of body double
  • doble de escenas peligrosastype of body double
  • doble de escenas de alto riesgotype of body double
  • doble de proezastype of body double
Cite this entry
APA

stunt double. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunt%20double

MLA

“stunt double.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunt%20double. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stunt double,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunt%20double.

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