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Stunner

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Anything that is stunning.
  2. A woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolic), a knockout.
  3. 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.
  4. A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
  5. A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Equivalents

Françaisstunner
8 more languages
Bosanskibajer
Hrvatskibajer
Српскиbajer
Türkçeafet

Examples

“She's a runner, rebel and a stunner / On her merry way sayin', "Baby, what you gonna—?"”
“March⟳ holstered his pistol, reached into his coat, and drew out his own⟳ neural stunner, shifting the weapon to his right hand.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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