EGAVE

stun

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
    Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
  2. verb To shock or surprise.
    The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.
  3. verb 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
  4. verb To enter a stunned state.
    The monsters stun when you jump on them.
  5. verb To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.
  6. noun The condition of being stunned.
  7. noun That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
  8. noun A person who lacks intelligence.

Similar words

stupefy stupify bedaze shock take aback daze sandbag floor ball over blow out of the water

Often followed by

the gun him and guns grenades them a me

Word family

stunned stunning stuns

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