stun

[Stun]

To stun is to knock unconscious or to shock. So getting hit in the head with a softball will stun you, but hearing that your favorite band is playing at the prom will also stun you.

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To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.

Verb
make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

Verb
hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

Verb
surprise greatly; knock someone''s socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

Verb
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"


v. t.
To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.

v. t.
To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.

v. t.
To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.

n.
The condition of being stunned.


Stun

Stun , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunning.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st'94hnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. , Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from the same source as E. astonish. 'fb168.] 1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe.
2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
William was quite stunned at my discourse.

Stun

Stun, n. The condition of being stunned.

To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.

The condition of being stunned.

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