stunlock
stunlock verb: to render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.
Verb
stunlock (third-person singular simple present stunlocks, present participle stunlocking, simple past and past participle stunlocked)
- To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.
- I got stunlocked by that boss's electric attack and died.
- To make (someone) freeze, not knowing how to respond or react, by doing something unexpected or shocking.
- In his labcoat, his phone buzzed. Stunlocked by Karen's furious glare, he pulled it out.2024 September 12, Harry Blank, “Nothing Changes”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 229
Noun
stunlock (countable and uncountable, plural stunlocks)
Forms of stunlock
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | stunlocks |
| present participle | stunlocking |
| past participle | stunlocked |
| past | stunlocked |
| Noun | |
| plural | stunlocks |
Origin of stunlock
From stun + lock.
Questions about stunlock
- What does stunlock mean?
- Stunlock means to render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.
- What part of speech is stunlock?
- Stunlock can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of stunlock?
- The past tense of stunlock is stunlocked.
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