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stunner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stunner has 2 senses
- stunner(n = noun.person) beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, sweetheart - a very attractive or seductive looking woman; Array is a kind of adult female, woman
- stunner(n = noun.event) Array - an unexpected and amazing event; "the stunner was what happened on Saturday" is a kind of surprise
Derived form verb stun3
CIDE DICTIONARY
stunner, n.
- One who, or that which, stuns. [1913 Webster]
- Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
stunner
Miss America, amazement, astonishing thing, astonishment, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, bunny, charmer, cover girl, curiosity, dazzler, dream, enchantress, exception, gazingstock, great beauty, knockout, lady fair, looker, marvel, marvelment, miracle, model, nonesuch, paragon, peach, phenomenon, pinup, pinup girl, prodigy, pussycat, quite a thing, rarity, raving beauty, reigning beauty, sensation, sex kitten, sight, slick chick, something else, spectacle, wonder, wonderful thing, wonderment
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