To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
Noun
The condition of being stunned.
That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
A person who lacks intelligence.
The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
Origin
From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną, from Proto-Germanic *stenaną, from Proto-Indo-European, *(s)tenh₂- (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen, Middle High German stunen, stunden, Swedish stöna, Icelandic stynja. Related also to Dutch steunen, German stöhnen, German staunen, Russian стонать, стена́ть. See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.
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