Shunt may refer to:
- Shunt (medical) - a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another
- Shunt (electrical) - a device allowing electrical current to pass around a point in a circuit
- Shunt (railway operations) - the process of sorting items of rolling stock into train sets or consists, also called "switching"
- Shunt (theatre company) - an experimental theatre company based in London
- Hexose monophosphate shunt (biochemistry) - alternate name for the Pentose phosphate pathway