STUN

stun, stupefy

(verb) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; “stun fish”

sandbag, stun

(verb) hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

stun, bedaze, daze

(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; “The news stunned her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)

(transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

(transitive) To shock or surprise.

(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball

Noun

stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)

The condition of being stunned.

That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.

(Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.

(billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.

Anagrams

• NUTS, nuts, tsun, tuns

Source: Wiktionary

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Stun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunning.] Etym: [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. stöhnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish. *168.]

1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden.

2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. And stunned him with the music of the spheres. Pope.

3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. William was quite stunned at my discourse. De Foe.

Stun, n.

Definition: The condition of being stunned.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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