STUN
WordNet
verb
(1) Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
"Stun fish"
(2) Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
(3) Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
"I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
(4) Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
"The news stunned her"
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Etymology
stunien, stonien, stounien from stunian "to make a loud sound, crash; to strike or impinge with a loud noise, knock" from . Akin to stynja "to make a noise; to groan", stonen, stenen "to groan", stunen "to stun, hit, bump", stunōd "a match", ġestun "noise, whirlwind", stēnan "to groan". Perhaps influenced in some senses by unrelated astonen, astonyen "to astonish"
Verb
- To incapacitate.
- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- To shock or surprise.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
- He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
- 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