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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.
Lewis B. Smedes

Meaning of "stun" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STUN

Stunen, from Old French estoner to daze, stupefy, from Vulgar Latin extonāre (unattested), from Latin ex-1 + tonāre to thunder.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STUN

stun  [stʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stun is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stun in English.

WHAT DOES STUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stun

Stun may refer to: ▪ STUN, the computer network protocol and methods ▪ Stun, a character in the Bloody Roar video game series ▪ Stun shot, in cue sports...

Definition of stun in the English dictionary

The first definition of stun in the dictionary is to render unconscious, as by a heavy blow or fall. Other definition of stun is to shock or overwhelm. Stun is also to surprise or astound.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STUN

PRESENT

Present
I stun
you stun
he/she/it stuns
we stun
you stun
they stun
Present continuous
I am stunning
you are stunning
he/she/it is stunning
we are stunning
you are stunning
they are stunning
Present perfect
I have stunned
you have stunned
he/she/it has stunned
we have stunned
you have stunned
they have stunned
Present perfect continuous
I have been stunning
you have been stunning
he/she/it has been stunning
we have been stunning
you have been stunning
they have been stunning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stunned
you stunned
he/she/it stunned
we stunned
you stunned
they stunned
Past continuous
I was stunning
you were stunning
he/she/it was stunning
we were stunning
you were stunning
they were stunning
Past perfect
I had stunned
you had stunned
he/she/it had stunned
we had stunned
you had stunned
they had stunned
Past perfect continuous
I had been stunning
you had been stunning
he/she/it had been stunning
we had been stunning
you had been stunning
they had been stunning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will stun
you will stun
he/she/it will stun
we will stun
you will stun
they will stun
Future continuous
I will be stunning
you will be stunning
he/she/it will be stunning
we will be stunning
you will be stunning
they will be stunning
Future perfect
I will have stunned
you will have stunned
he/she/it will have stunned
we will have stunned
you will have stunned
they will have stunned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stunning
you will have been stunning
he/she/it will have been stunning
we will have been stunning
you will have been stunning
they will have been stunning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stun
you would stun
he/she/it would stun
we would stun
you would stun
they would stun
Conditional continuous
I would be stunning
you would be stunning
he/she/it would be stunning
we would be stunning
you would be stunning
they would be stunning
Conditional perfect
I would have stun
you would have stun
he/she/it would have stun
we would have stun
you would have stun
they would have stun
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stunning
you would have been stunning
he/she/it would have been stunning
we would have been stunning
you would have been stunning
they would have been stunning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you stun
we let´s stun
you stun
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to stun
Past participle
stunned
Present Participle
stunning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUN


astun
əˈstʌn
gigaton
ˈɡɪɡəˌtʌn
kiloton
ˈkɪləʊˌtʌn
megaton
ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn
multimegaton
ˌmʌltɪˈmeɡəˌtʌn
multiton
ˈmʌltɪˌtʌn
panton
pænˈtʌn
ton
tʌn
tonne
tʌn
tun
tʌn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUN

stumpy
stun grenade
stun gun
stung
stunk
stunkard
stunned
stunner
stunning
stunningly
stuns´l
stunsail
stunt
stunt double
stunt flier
stunt flying
stunt kite
stunted
stuntedness
stuntman

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUN

Behistun
Bisitun
Bisutun
Braun
bun
fun
gun
handgun
Hun
in the long run
Jotun
Jun
Kim Jong-un
Kun
nun
pantun
Pashtun
pun
run
sun

Synonyms and antonyms of stun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STUN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stun» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of stun

Translation of «stun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUN

Find out the translation of stun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使震惊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aturdir
570 millions of speakers

English

stun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अचेत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصاعقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оглушить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aturdir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অচেতন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abasourdir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menyebabkan pengsan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fassungslos machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぼう然とさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망연자실하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

choáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்டன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अचेतना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sersemletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbalordire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogłuszenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оглушити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ameți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bedöva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svimeslå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stun

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUN»

The term «stun» is very widely used and occupies the 19.006 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stun

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «STUN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stun.
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Lewis B. Smedes
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUN»

Discover the use of stun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Torture and Democracy
Burning Issues As stun salesmen constantly remind us, stun devices are meant to be nonlethal weapons. Unlike a bullet, stun does not cut or lacerate the body: “ There are no injuries, no cuts, no physical damage.”70 It leaves no scars or ...
Darius Rejali, 2009
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How to Cheat at VoIP Security
STUN (Simple Traversal of UDP through NATs) is a clientserver protocol designed to enable an endpoint to discover its public IP address and the type of NATs between the endpoint and its peer. The STUN protocol describes a STUNenabled ...
Thomas Porter, CISSP, CCNP, CCDA, CCS, Michael Gough, 2011
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Sip: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol
Techniques for NAT traversal such as hole punching and protocols such as STUN, ICE, and TURN are introduced. SIP and SDP extensions enabling NAT traversal are discussed. First, here is a word about terminology, which can be a bit ...
Alan B. Johnston, 2009
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SIP Handbook: Services, Technologies, and Security of ...
STUN messages are usually exchanged also after the checks to ensure that the bindings on the NATs stay active even when no data packets are exchanged for a while, which is referred as the keepalive usage. Figure 12.18 shows an ...
Syed A. Ahson, Mohammad Ilyas, 2008
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Let's Pave the Stupid Rainforests & Give School Teachers ...
The pseudonymous, outrageously right-wing columnist for the tabloid, The Weekly World News, presents a collection of his most popular columns explaining why we should abolish Social Security, the rain forests, and breast-feeding in public.
Ed Anger, 1996
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Cisco IOS 12.0 Bridging and IBM Network Solutions
Monitor STUN Network Activity You can list statistics regarding STUN interfaces, protocol groups, number of packets sent and received, local acknowledgment states, and more. To get activity information, use the following command in EXEC  ...
‎1999
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A Guide for the Complete After Dinner Entertainer - Magic ...
Reprint. Originally publication date unknown.
Anon, 2010
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TCP/IP Illustrated
However, the attraction of STUN is that it does not require modification of network routers, application protocols, or servers. It requires only that clients implement the STUN request protocol, and that at least one STUN server be available in an  ...
Kevin R. Fall, W. Richard Stevens, 2012
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The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet ...
STUN (specified inthe InternetDraft “Session traversal utilities forNAT (STUN)” [ 281]) is a protocol that allows a STUN client to discoveritsIP address as seen by a STUN server. Effectively, by deploying the STUN server on the public Internet, ...
Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel García-Martín, 2011
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Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration
STUN can carry several types of protocols. Each STUN interface must be assigned to a protocol group, according to the type of protocols being transported : sdlc (SDLC protocols; use sdlc-tg to identify with an SNA transmission group), basic ...
Dave Hucaby, Steve McQuerry, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stun is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alex Rodriguez's Three Home Runs Help Yankees Rally to Stun the …
MINNEAPOLIS — If you strung together the three home runs that Alex Rodriguez hit Saturday night, they would total more than 1,300 feet — about as long a shot ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Oakland police stun-gun man suspected of killing goose at Lake …
OAKLAND -- A man suspected of killing a Canada goose Tuesday afternoon at Lakeside Park was stun-gunned before he was arrested by a police officer, ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
3
Lawsuit: Police shocked teen multiple times with stun gun during …
An Alabama woman claims in a lawsuit that police officers used a stun gun on her daughter three times while the teenage girl was suffering from seizures at a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Restaurant Staffers Use Stun Gun on Customer After Dispute Over …
Gary and Robert Zheng, two employees at a Chinese eatary named the New Panda Restaurant A customer at New Panda Restaurant in Chelsea was stun ... «DNAinfo, Jun 15»
5
San Diego sheriff defends deputy who used stun gun in struggle …
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore on Monday defended the actions of a deputy who used a Taser to subdue a 13-year-old runaway in Fallbrook who was ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
6
Blue Jays stun Red Sox with monster comeback
Watching from the dugout as the Blue Jays strung together hit after hit left Joe Kelly with a surreal feeling. When he came out of the game in the sixth inning, the ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
7
Lightning stun Blackhawks at home, grab 2-1 series lead
Lightning stun Blackhawks at home, grab 2-1 series lead. Game 3. Caption Game 3. Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune. Brent Seabrook and Marian Hossa skate ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
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Deputies: Home invaders dressed as cops, shocked 4-month-old …
The Sampson County Sheriff's Office has charged two men with dressing as police officers during a home invasion robbery and using a stun gun on children ... «WTVD-TV, Jun 15»
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St. Louis Police Turn Stun Guns On Non-Violent Protesters Near …
ST. LOUIS -- On Friday night, police and protesters clashed outside Busch Stadium. A Black Lives Matter demonstration involving a few dozen activists led to ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Lightning Stun Rangers in Overtime to Take Series Lead
TAMPA, Fla. — The sixth and final shot that eluded Henrik Lundqvist on Wednesday night, the shot that nudged his team a little closer toward oblivion, whistled ... «New York Times, May 15»

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