stun
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
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literature
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military
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pool
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snooker
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Etymology: 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 (“to surprise”), and more distantly, Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), and Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”).
Inflected forms:
form: stuns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stunning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stunned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: stunned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: stin
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Devon
form: stuns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Devon
Senses:
gloss: To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
gloss: To shock or surprise.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.
He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
gloss: 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
pos: verb
gloss: To enter a stunned state.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The monsters stun when you jump on them.
gloss: To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.
pos: verb
tags: Singapore
slang
gloss: The condition of being stunned.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A person who lacks intelligence.
pos: noun
tags: Newfoundland
countable
uncountable
gloss: The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket
gloss: A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."
Derived words: electrostun
permastun
stunlock
stunnable
stunner
stunpoll
stunrod
on stun
stun grenade
stun gun
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