Stun definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STUN, v.t. [The primary sense is to strike or to ... at his saddle bow, and one a heavy mace to stun the foe. 2. To overpower the sense of hearing; to ... senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [syn: stun, stupefy] 2: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: sandbag, stun] 3: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news ...
stun gun definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock [syn: stun gun, stun baton] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1967 a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by electric shock) rather than kill or ...
... L. attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.] To stun or strike dumb with sudden fear, terror, surprise or wonder ... from Middle English astonen, astonien, from Anglo-French estoner to stun, from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex- + tonare to thunder ... ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by E. stun. See Thunder, Astound, Astony.] 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain ... v. a. Amaze, surprise, startle, astound, confound, stagger, stupefy, daze, stun, dumfounder, overwhelm, astony, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify ...
... impressive or attractive. Derivatives: stunningly adv. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stun Stun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n ... poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden. 2. To dull or deaden the sensibility ... at my discourse. --De Foe. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stunning Stun"ning, a. 1. Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering ... on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry. [Slang] --C. Kingsley. -- Stun"ning*ly, adv. [Slang] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. A ...
... fatigue" [syn: dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stun Stun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunned; p. pr. & vb. n ... poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. --Dryden. 2. To dull or deaden the sensibility ... at my discourse. --De Foe. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see stun Moby Thesaurus aghast, appalled, ashen, astounded, awed, awestricken, awestruck, blanched ...
... imp. & p. p. Astoned, Astond, or Astound.] [See Astonish.] To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. No puissant stroke his senses once astound. --Fairfax ... p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. No puissant stroke his senses once astound. --Fairfax ... shock, stagger, startle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback
... senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [syn: stun, stupefy] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle ... ied) 1 make stupid or insensible (stupefied with drink). 2 stun with astonishment (the news was stupefying). Derivatives: stupefacient adj. & n ... strike dead, strike dumb, strike terror into, strike with wonder, stun, surprise, terrify
... secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect. knock on the head 1 stun or kill (a person) by a blow on the head ... To knock in the head, or on the head, to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to ... splat, stagger, steal, stricture, strike, strike against, strike at, stroke, stun, swap, swat, swing, swipe, taking exception, talk over, tap, tattoo ...
... of sharp sounds; as, to rattle a chain. 2. To stun with noise; to drive with sharp sounds rapidly repeated. Sound ... as, to rattle a chain. 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another [drum], and another ... talk noisily, chatter, prate, prattle, babble. III. v. a. 1. Stun, deafen, drive (with noise). 2. Scold, chide, rail at. 1811 ...
... tricks" [syn: amazing, astonishing] 2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding ... ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by E. stun. See Thunder, Astound, Astony.] 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain ...
... Anglo-French esturdi stunned, from past participle of esturdir to stun, from Vulgar Latin *exturdire, from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *turdus ... reckless, violent', f. OF esturdi, estourdi past part. of estourdir stun, daze ult. f. L ex EX-(1) + turdus thrush (taken ... rash, F. ['e]tourdi, p. p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. ['e]tourdir; of uncertain ...
... so as to render them unimpressible to sounds. 2. To stun; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly; as deafened with ... Synonyms v. a. 1. Make deaf, deprive of hearing. 2. Stun, confuse with clamor. Moby Thesaurus awake the dead, baffle, blast ... split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone down