stunner

English

Etymology

stun +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)

Noun

stunner (plural stunners)

1. (colloquial) Anything that is stunning.
   1. (colloquial, variant spelling "stunna") A woman of stunning beauty (often hyperbolically), a knockout.
2. (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.
3. (science fiction) A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
   • 2018, Jonathan Moeller, Silent Order: Omnibus One:

     March holstered his pistol, reached into his coat, and drew out his own neural stunner, shifting the weapon to his right hand.

4. A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Derived terms

• put the stunners on

Translations

anything that is stunning

• Bulgarian: нещо изумително (nešto izumitelno)
• Polish: rewelacja (pl) f, bajer (pl) m
• Spanish: maravilla (es)

woman of stunning beauty

• Finnish: namupala
• Irish: spéirbhean f, leadhb f

professional wrestling maneuver

• Finnish: stunner (fi)
• French: stunner (fr) m

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