stunlock
nounEtymology From stun + lock.
1
Video games A stunned state of this kind.
stunlock
verbEtymology From stun + lock.
1
Video games To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.
- I got stunlocked by that boss's electric attack and died.
2
Figuratively To make (someone) freeze, not knowing how to respond or react, by doing something unexpected or shocking.
- In his labcoat, his phone buzzed. Stunlocked by Karen's furious glare, he pulled it out.2024 September 12, Harry Blank, “Nothing Changes”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 229: