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A stun shot is similar to a stop shot, but used when there is a slight angle on the shot. The cue ball is stunned but still has some lateral movement along the tangent line. A stun shot typically has no backspin or top spin on it at the moment in which it contacts the object ball. A shot where the cue ball has no topspin or backspin on it when it impacts an object ball, and "stuns" out along the tangent line. It literally just slides. The term stun shot is typically shortened in speech to just the word stun.
Hit it with a stun shot and let it ride out the tangent line.
The term "stun shot" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The stun shot definition was entered on 3/15/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:50:00 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: tangent line, stun, stun run through for more on the meaning of stun shot.
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