stunner

Etymology

stun + -er

noun

  1. (colloquial) Anything that is stunning.
    1. (colloquial, variant spelling "stunna") A woman of stunning beauty (often hyperbolically), a knockout.
  2. (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.
  3. (science fiction) A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
    March holstered his pistol, reached into his coat, and drew out his own neural stunner, shifting the weapon to his right hand. 2018, Jonathan Moeller, Silent Order: Omnibus One
  4. A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

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