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stunner

[ stuhn-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that stuns.
  2. Informal. a person or thing of striking excellence, beauty, achievement, etc.


stunner

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person or thing of great beauty, quality, size, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stunner1

First recorded in 1840–50; stun + -er 1
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They pulled off some stunners, including a Doug Jones Senate victory in deeply conservative Alabama.

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The cast has the lung capacity for more than two hours of singing and the songs, which Oppenheimer wrote the lyrics for and composer Joshua Schmidt scored, are flat-out stunners, belted with humble charm.

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It was then a case of Gunners dominance as they looked for a third and a two-goal cushion, and it eventually came in the 85th minute through an Henry stunner.

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The Broncos pulled off a stunner at Tampa Bay and would be hard-pressed to do that two weeks in a row.

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Set in 1954, “Hall of Mirrors” is a stunner and something rare for a historical mystery.

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