Definition of "shunting" [shunt•ing]

• Present participle of shunt. (verb)
• Connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them (noun)
• The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks (noun)

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• "Families must understand that fetal bladder shunting is only a temporary measure, and more detailed evaluation and surgical therapy will be necessary after birth."
• "This involved crossing a part of the line where there were several sidings and branch lines, on which a good deal of pushing of trucks and carriages to and fro -- that is "shunting" -- was going on."
• ""Politicians like the idea of shunting it all to commissions, or to the attorney general, to anybody else but themselves,""