stunner

[ stuhn-er ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that stuns.

  2. Informal. a person or thing of striking excellence, beauty, achievement, etc.

Origin of stunner

1
First recorded in 1840–50; stun + -er1

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How to use stunner in a sentence

  • One of the two was watching them at all times, and both men held their stunners on ready.

    Gold in the Sky | Alan Edward Nourse
  • Rynason looked at the man through narrowed eyes for a moment, then strapped on a gunbelt and loaded one of the stunners.

    Warlord of Kor | Terry Gene Carr
  • There was a humming sound by his ear; the beam of one of the stunners passed by him, touching the rock wall.

    Warlord of Kor | Terry Gene Carr

British Dictionary definitions for stunner

stunner

/ (ˈstʌnə) /


noun
  1. informal a person or thing of great beauty, quality, size, etc

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