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stunner
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stunner \Stun"ner\, n.
One who, or that which, stuns.
Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence. [Slang]
--Thackeray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1829, in pugilism, agent noun from stun. Meaning "beautiful woman" attested by 1848 on notion of "one who astounds or amazes."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context colloquial English) Anything that is stunning. 2 (''colloquial''; ''variant spelling'' '''stunna''') Specifically, a woman of stunning beauty (''often hyperbolically'').
WordNet
Wikipedia
Stunner or Stunners, may refer to:
- Stunner (weapon), a science-fiction weapon
- Stunner (missile), an Israeli anti-rocket missile
- Stunner (cattle), a mechanical device used in modern cattle slaughter processes
- Stunner (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Stunner (professional wrestling), a seated maneuver
- Stunner (Stone Age site), a prehistoric settlement
- Honda CBF125, a motorcycle called the Stunner in the Indian market
- Ray-Ban Aviator, aviator sunglasses nicknamed "stunners"
- The Stunners (group), a pop music girl group from Los Angeles
- St. Louis Stunners, an American Basketball Association team
A Stunner is a general term for a science fiction weapon that is designed to temporarily impair the motor and/or cognitive functions of a living being, usually by rendering it unconscious, but otherwise unharmed.
The most famous examples of this kind of weapon include:
- Phasers in the Star Trek franchise which can be set to stun an opponent with variable severity.
- Stunners in the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold which causes a temporary reduction in nerve activity within a radius of the impact site.
- Stunners in the Solar Queen series by Andre Norton which disrupt the motor function, although leaving the shot person conscious.
- The Wraith of Stargate Atlantis use stunners to capture humans alive, in order to feed on their life energy.
- Also in Stargate Atlantis, Ronon Dex's personal energy pistol can be set to two settings: stun and kill.
- Stargate SG-1's Zats are not true stunners; although one shot is sufficient to stun, a second burst is fatal. The single shot from a Zat does not necessarily incapacitate, as strong or prepared enough targets can shrug off the effects in several seconds (the second shot is still fatal).
- In Battlefield Earth, Psychlo weapons are basically two-in-one, with one barrel firing destructive shots and the other emitting green pulse that stuns and knocks the target back.
- In the novel Dune stunners are projectile weapons whose pellets knock out their targets.
A stunner is a common term in professional wrestling referring to the seated ¾ facelock jawbreaker maneuver. While it was innovated by Mikey Whipwreck, it was popularized by Stone Cold Steve Austin and named for his Stone Cold Stunner finisher. It involves an attacking wrestler applying a three-quarter facelock (reaching back and grabbing the head of an opponent, thus pulling the opponent's jaw above the wrestler's shoulder) before falling to a seated position and forcing the opponent's jaw (but predominantly the opponent's neck) to drop down on the shoulder of the attacking wrestler. The free hand is sometimes used to hold the top of the head.
Stunner was a Stone Age settlement located in Ski, in Akershus County, Norway.
The settlement was first discovered in 1928 when a farmer, Johannes Mikkelsen harvested potatoes. Mikkelsen was a knowledgeable man and recognized the flint tools. More than 700 pieces of flint and other stone artifacts has been found at the site.
The flint finds from the Stone Age settlement at Stunner reveal that the site was populated around 11,000 years ago. Pioneer settlers from the Ahrensburg culture tracked from the submerged North Sea continent and European mainland. Their primary prey was reindeer. At Stunner however, marine resources have been significant. The landscape the settlers encountered was dramatically different from the present. The sea level was 160 m higher, and the fauna and flora resembled the arctic tundra and coastline.
Usage examples of "stunner".
On a human, a single stunner blast caused about six hours of unconsciousness followed by a vicious bitch of a headache, but it did no true physical damage.
I took my stunner from the locker in the Explorer equipment room, the butt felt oddly cold and metallic.
On top of everything else lay my stunner, and I slid it into my hip holster.
In my case, I was only moving the stunner out of my backpack because it lay in the way of the plastic bags we used to hold samples.
Oar to stay put, I swam the creek with the stunner in my mouth, in case I might need it quickly.
For final preparations, I held the stunner in one hand and slung the recharged scuba device around my neck.
Without hesitation, I raised the stunner and shot straight at its cracked snout while it still sailed through the air.
Thirty seconds later, I was on my feet, the Bumbler strapped to my back, and my stunner in hand.
Very slowly, I adjusted my grip on the stunner, in case the clapped command was an order to attack.
I raised the stunner, ready but not aiming it directly at the approaching stranger.
The safest place I could find was just inside the edge of the woods: far enough to be out of stunner range, but with a clear view of the elevator entrance if Jelca tried to sneak out.
He took one quick glance in the direction of his stunner, but it was too far away.
A sonic stunner is not impressive, only a grey oval casing with a flat stud on one edge.
I had the micro-recorder and the sonic stunner in that pack and I was taking good care of it.
Before I repacked my baggage I took the sonic stunner out and strapped on the belt-holster.