Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stunlock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stun-lock
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.

Transitive verb

verb

To make (someone) freeze, not knowing how to respond or react, by doing something unexpected or shocking.

Transitive verb

noun

A stunned state of this kind.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I got stunlocked by that boss's electric attack and died."
"In his labcoat, his phone buzzed. Stunlocked by Karen's furious glare, he pulled it out."

Etymology

Etymology tree English stun Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English stunlock From stun + lock.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stunlocks (present, singular) stunlocking (participle, present) stunlocked (participle, past) stunlocked (past) stunlocks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hitstun

Questions

What does stunlock mean?: To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.
Where does stunlock come from?: Etymology tree English stun Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English stunlock From stun + lock.

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