stun

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
2. To shock or surprise.
3. 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

1. The condition of being stunned.
2. That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
3. A person who lacks intelligence.
4. The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
5. A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.

Concepten

ontstellen

verbijsteren

bedwelmen

verbluffen

ontzetten

⚡

onthutsen

verdoven

verlammen

lamleggen

overdonderen

Synoniemen

stupefy

amaze

astound

astonish

daze

stagger

shock

⚡

surprise

dumbfound

knock out

startle

take aback

disconcert

puzzle

alarm

bemuse

deafen

sandbag

appal

bewilder

dismay

bedaze

flabbergast

mystify

floor

nonplus

confound

narcotize

numb

paralyse

perplex

punch

👊

shake

shoot down

silly

stir

strike

stunning

thrill

throw

wither

wonder

knock cold

run roughshod

knock rotten

knock unconscious

anesthetize

baffle

bedazzle

bedevilment

befog

befuddle

besot

bore

bring down

clobber

confuse

deaden

deaden one’s mind

discomfit

discompose

dismiss

dozen

electrify

fell

flummox

hit

impact

jolt

kayo

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stʌn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Danish stønne (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.