Meaning of Stunner | Babel Free
Definitions
- Anything that is stunning.
- A woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolic), a knockout.
- 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.
- A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
- A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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