stun

CEFRB2

/stʌn/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To shock or surprise someone greatly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    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

Examples

  • Yanni used a stun gun to disable Skura.

  • Sami bought a stun gun.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To shock or surprise.

  2. To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

  3. To enter a stunned state.

More examples

In context

  • Stop, runner, or I'll stun you!

  • Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.

  • In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

Inherited from Middle English stonen, stone (“to astonish, stun, numb”, also stoneyen), probably either directly or indirectly from Anglo-Norman estoner (“to stun, astonish”), from Late Latin *stunāre, from Frankish *stunōn (“to thunder, crash”) or perhaps from an unattested Latin *extonāre (“to thunder out, make a thunderous sound”), from tonāre ("to thunder"; compare Latin attonāre). An alternative etymology derives stonen from Old English stunian (“to smash, thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn. See also astonish, astound. Compare Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Danish stønne (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”), Occitan estonar (“to surprise”), and French étonner (“...