Definition of STUNNER

stunner

Plural: stunners

Noun

  • Someone or something strikingly beautiful, impressive, or astonishing.
  • a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  • an unexpected and amazing event
    • "the stunner was what happened on Saturday"
  • Anything that is stunning.
  • Anything that is stunning.
  • A woman or man of stunning beauty or handsomeness (often hyperbolically), a knockout.
  • A 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.
  • A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
  • A person or machine that stuns an animal before slaughter.

Examples

  • Her final play, a STUNNER on a double-word score, secured her victory.

Origin / Etymology

From stun + -er.

Scrabble Score: 7

stunner: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stunner: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stunner: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

stunner: valid Words With Friends Word