Knocks aioli from Saint Louis (5)
I believe the answer is:
stuns
'knocks aioli from saint louis' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'knocks aioli from saint louis' is the wordplay.
'knocks' indicates an anagram.
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'saint'+'louis'='saintlouis'
'saintlouis' with 'aioli' taken away is 'sntus'.
'sntus' anagrammed gives 'STUNS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stuns that I've seen before include "Bruises" , "Astounds" , "Dazes, stupefies" , "Greatly surprises" .)