"stunt double" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stunt doubles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stunt double (plural stunt doubles)
  1. (film, television) 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. Wikipedia link: stunt double Categories (topical): Film, Occupations, People, Television Related terms: body double, stuntman, understudy Translations (type of body double): stuntdubbel (Dutch), sijaisnäyttelijä (Finnish), κασκαντέρ (kaskantér) [neuter] (Greek), kaszkadőr (Hungarian), dublőr (Hungarian), controfigura (Italian), スタントダブル (sutanto daburu) (alt: すたんとだぶる) (Japanese), kaskader [masculine] (Polish), kaskaderka [feminine] (Polish), cascador [masculine] (Romanian), каскадёр (kaskadjór) [masculine] (Russian), doble del truco [masculine] (Spanish)

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