stun
noun
1. The condition of being stunned.
2. (billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
- Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket
verb
1. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- stun fish
Similar word(s): stupefy
Definition categories: change, immobilise, immobilize
2. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
Similar word(s): sandbag
Definition categories: contact, hit
3. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
- The news stunned her
Definition categories: perception, desensitise, desensitize
Sentences with stun as a verb:
- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
- In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
- He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.