STUN, verb transitive [The primary sense is to strike or to stop, to blunt, to stupefy.] 1. To make senseless or dizzy with a blow on the head; as, to be stunned by a fall, or by a falling timber. One hung a pole-ax at his saddle bow, and one a heavy mace to stun the foe. 2. To overpower the sense of hearing; to blunt or stupefy the organs of hearing. To prevent being stunned, cannoneers sometimes fill their ears with wool. 3. To confound or make dizzy by loud and mingled sound. --An universal hubbub wild of stunning sounds and voices all confusd.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI