stunner
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) Anything that is stunning.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling maneuver in which an attacking wrestler applies a facelock to an opponent and falls to a seated position, forcing the opponent's jaw or neck to drop on the attacker's shoulder.
- (scifi) A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
- A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.
Etymology
Suffix from English stun.
Origin
English
stun
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Cognates and derived terms
- astonish English
- astony English
- electrostun English
- stun English
- stun grenade English
- stunnable English
- stunning English
- stunpoll English
- stunien Middle English