Definition of "stun" []

• To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. (verb-transitive)
• To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. (verb-transitive)
• To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound. See Synonyms at daze. (verb-transitive)
• A blow or shock that stupefies. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My subject matter has inspired baffled stares at high school reunions, jokes from schoolteachers about putting their students in stun belts, and yelling sessions in elevators."
• "Stand straight, shoulders back, bitch-beams set to "stun" - for we are in the presence of Ms Joan Collins, who, as Alexis Colby-Carrington, committed murder while wearing a tam-o'-shanter, then proposed to a billionaire in a coma."
• "I mean, who wouldn’t want electric Cinderella Shoes with a built-in stun gun?"