stun

transitive verb

To daze or render senseless, as by a blow or loud noise.

transitive verb

To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound.

noun

A blow or shock that stupefies.

noun

A stroke; a shock; a stupefying blow, whether physical or mental; a stunning effect.

To strike the ears of rudely, as it were by blows of sound; shock the hearing or the sense of; stupefy or bewilder by distracting noise.

To strike with stupor physically, as by a blow or violence of any kind; deprive, of consciousness or strength.

To benumb; stupefy; deaden.

To strike with astonishment; astound; amaze.

In stone-cutting, to injure by blows; bruise, as a stone, in such a way that splinters will drop off when the surface is cut or exposed to frost.

noun

In marble-working, one of the deep marks made by coarse particles of sand gelling between the saw-blade and the side of the kerf.