stunner
nounEtymology From stun + -er.
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Colloquial Anything that is stunning.
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Colloquial A woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolic), a knockout.
- She's a runner, rebel and a stunner / On her merry way sayin', "Baby, what you gonna—?"2006, “Dani California”, in Stadium Arcadium, performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
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Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Professional wrestling, Sports, War, 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.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, 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:
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A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.
- Derived terms
- Dunner stunner, neurostunner, put the stunners on