stunner

noun

stun·​ner ˈstə-nər How to pronounce stunner (audio)
: one that stuns or is stunning

Examples of stunner in a Sentence

His wife is a real stunner. The jury's decision was a stunner.
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All of this overlooks Payne’s Valley, my favorite course at Big Cedar and a drop-dead visual stunner with more lakes, more greens, more waterfalls, and beauty as far as the eye can see. Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 The host Rams hummed along like a brand-new car, pulling off a 25-18, 25-15 stunner over Brother Rice at the Reavis Regional in Burbank, winning their first regional title since 2011. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025 Sunday’s stunner was especially crucial, considering an NBA team has never come back from an 0-3 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025 Like Brunson, Haliburton has been a highlight factory — his Game 2 stunner in Cleveland deserves Proper Noun crystallization, and his series-ender versus Milwaukee was the platonic ideal of basketball iciness. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stunner

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stunner was in 1829

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“Stunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunner. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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stunner

noun
stun·​ner ˈstən-ər How to pronounce stunner (audio)
: one that stuns or is stunning
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