stun

Meanings

Verb

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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