present participle of stun

The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.

A ludicrous act carried out by a television network to improve their ratings during sweeps week.

(nautical) thin string, as opposed to the thick, heavy ropes that are more often used in sailing. It is commonly used in a whipping knot to bind the ends of ropes to prevent fraying.

(Australia, informal, idiomatic) In an extremely isolated place, remote from populated areas; in the middle of nowhere. Typically used to refer to outback areas.

A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university) primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution.

(idiomatic, colloquial) An attractive person. (often used as a come-on or pickup line) / (idiomatic, colloquial) Something excellent or exciting. / (idiomatic, slang) Hot bitumen used by roofers.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.

(ironic) A rhetorical question commenting on the writing of a book, play, movie, etc.

An area of academic concentration; a discipline.