stunlock

== English == === Etymology === From stun +‎ lock. === Pronunciation === === Verb === stunlock (third-person singular simple present stunlocks, present participle stunlocking, simple past and past participle stunlocked) (video games, transitive) To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state. (figurative, transitive) To make (someone) freeze, not knowing how to respond or react, by doing something unexpected or shocking. === Noun === stunlock (countable and uncountable, plural stunlocks) (video games) A stunned state of this kind. === Anagrams === locknuts