transitive verb. To daze or render senseless, as by a blow or loud noise.

transitive verb. To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound.

noun. A blow or shock that stupefies.

noun. A stroke; a shock; a stupefying blow, whether physical or mental; a stunning effect.

To strike the ears of rudely, as it were by blows of sound; shock the hearing or the sense of; stupefy or bewilder by distracting noise.

To strike with stupor physically, as by a blow or violence of any kind; deprive, of consciousness or strength.

To benumb; stupefy; deaden.

To strike with astonishment; astound; amaze.

In stone-cutting, to injure by blows; bruise, as a stone, in such a way that splinters will drop off when the surface is cut or exposed to frost.

noun. In marble-working, one of the deep marks made by coarse particles of sand gelling between the saw-blade and the side of the kerf.

noun. A patch on the surface of a block of stone where the material has been injured by a heavy blow. Compare stun, transitive verb, 5.

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

transitive verb. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.

transitive verb. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.

noun. The condition of being stunned.

verb. To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

verb. To shock or surprise.

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

noun. The condition of being stunned.

noun. The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.

verb. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

verb. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

verb. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

"My subject matter has inspired baffled stares at high school reunions, jokes from schoolteachers about putting their students in stun belts, and yelling sessions in elevators."

desensitise  desensitize  hit  immobilise  immobilize  

Donne  Gunn  Hon  Hun  Jun  

amaze  awesome  dazzle  devastate  gorgeous  

KO  amaze  anesthetize  appall  astonish  

stunned  stunning  

stunned  stunning  stuns