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Stunner

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that is stunning. colloquial
  2. 2
    an unexpected and amazing event wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that is stunning.; A woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolic), a knockout. colloquial

    "She's a runner, rebel and a stunner / On her merry way sayin', "Baby, what you gonna—?""

  4. 4
    a very attractive or seductive looking woman wordnet
  5. 5
    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.
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  1. 6
    A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.

    "March holstered his pistol, reached into his coat, and drew out his own neural stunner, shifting the weapon to his right hand."

  2. 7
    A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Etymology

From stun + -er.

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