Stunner
[stʌnә]
Definition
(noun.) an unexpected and amazing event; 'the stunner was what happened on Saturday'.
Editor: Pratt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, stuns.
(n.) Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence.
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Examples
- Here was a new stunner--I had been calculating on four or five thousand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Secretly annoyed at this, Roylands made rapid play, and succeeded in landing a stunner on Dick's eye before the active sailor could dodge. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By Jove, Lily, you do look a stunner! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Shane