Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stunning}.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian
to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st["o]hnen, Icel.
stynja, Gr. ?, Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or from
the same source as E. astonish. [root]168.]
1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render
senseless by a blow, as on the head.
One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy
mace to stun the foe. --Dryden.
2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
And stunned him with the music of the spheres.
--Pope.
3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stun \Stun\, n.
The condition of being stunned.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stun
v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[syn: {stupefy}, {stupify}]
2: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off [syn: {shock}, {floor},
{ball over}, {blow out of the water}, {take aback}]
3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: {sandbag}]
4: overcome esp. with astonishment or disbelief; "The news
stunned her" [syn: {bedaze}, {daze}]
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