stunner

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noun

Anything that is stunning.

UncommonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounstunner (plural stunners)

plural stunners

  1. colloquialAnything that is stunning.
    1. colloquialA woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolic), a knockout.

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

      2006, “Dani California”, in Stadium Arcadium, performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  2. governmentA 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.
  3. literatureA 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.

    2018, Jonathan Moeller, Silent Order: Omnibus One
  4. A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna very attractive or seductive looking woman

Broader
womanadult female

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian нещо изумително
  • нещо изумително (nešto izumitelno)anything that is stunning
Finnish stunner, namupala
  • stunnerprofessional wrestling maneuver
  • namupalawoman of stunning beauty
French stunner
  • stunnerprofessional wrestling maneuver
Irish spéirbhean, leadhb
  • spéirbheanwoman of stunning beauty
  • leadhbwoman of stunning beauty
Polish rewelacja, bajer
  • rewelacjaanything that is stunning
  • bajeranything that is stunning
Portuguese mulherão, mulheraça
  • mulherãowoman of stunning beauty
  • mulheraçawoman of stunning beauty
Spanish maravilla
  • maravillaanything that is stunning

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

stunner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunner

MLA

“stunner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stunner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunner.

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