Stun

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow.
  • v. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise.
  • v. To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound. See Synonyms at daze.
  • n. A blow or shock that stupefies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
  • v. To shock or surprise.
  • v. 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
  • n. The condition of being stunned.
  • n. The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
  • v. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
  • v. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
  • n. The condition of being stunned.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strike the ears of rudely, as it were by blows of sound; shock the hearing or the sense of; stupefy or bewilder by distracting noise.
  • To strike with stupor physically, as by a blow or violence of any kind; deprive, of consciousness or strength.
  • To benumb; stupefy; deaden.
  • To strike with astonishment; astound; amaze.
  • n. A stroke; a shock; a stupefying blow, whether physical or mental; a stunning effect.
  • n. In marble-working, one of the deep marks made by coarse particles of sand gelling between the saw-blade and the side of the kerf.
  • In stone-cutting, to injure by blows; bruise, as a stone, in such a way that splinters will drop off when the surface is cut or exposed to frost.
  • n. A patch on the surface of a block of stone where the material has been injured by a heavy blow. Compare stun, transitive verb, 5.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
  • v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
  • v. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
  • Verb Form
    stunned    stunning    stuns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    immobilise    immobilize    desensitise    desensitize    hit   
    Variant
    stunned    stunning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overcome    astonish    overpower    bewilder    stupefy    shock    deafen    surprise   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Donne    Gunn    Hon    Hun    Jun    Kun    M1    Nun    Son    Sun   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    startle    amaze    spectacular    dazzle    incredible    awesome    vivid    devastate    terrify    gorgeous