stun gun

English

Noun

stun gun (plural stun guns)

1. A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock.
   • 1946 November, Mark Champion, “Unforeseen”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 38, number 3, page 42:

     Lodner tossed the stun gun on a flange between the stills and the fluxing panels.

   • 1978 January, “The Official Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook (advert)”, in Starlog‎^[1], volume 2, number 11, page 9:

     The removable pages are organized in strict military fashion and include complete data on the Commlock, Stun Gun, Laser Cannon, Communications Post, Uniforms, and several fold-out blueprints of the various levels and areas of Moonbase Alpha.

   • 2014 March 8, “Manchester police seize stun gun disguised as iPhone”, in BBC News‎^[2]:

     A stun gun disguised as a mobile phone has been seized from a 14-year-old boy in Manchester.

Coordinate terms

• taser

Translations

weapon intended to immobilize

• Bulgarian: електрошок m (elektrošok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電擊槍／电击枪, 电击枪 (diànjīqiāng)

• Finnish: etälamautin (fi), tyrmäysase
• French: foudroyeur (fr) m, taser (fr) m
• Spanish: pistola paralizante f
• German: Elektroschocker (de) m
• Hungarian: sokkoló (hu)
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• Icelandic: rafbyssa f
• Japanese: スタンガン (sutangan)
• Korean: 전기충격기 (jeon'gichunggyeokgi)
• Hindi: अचेत बंदूक (acet bandūk)
• Russian: электрошо́кер (ru) m (elektrošóker)
• Esperanto: elektroŝoka armilo
• Vietnamese: súng gây choáng

Anagrams

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