stunner

English

noun
Definitions
  • (colloquial) Anything that is stunning.
  • (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.
  • (scifi) A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
  • A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Etymology

Suffix from English stun.

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English

stun

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