taser

See also: Taser, TASer, and Taşer

English

Police-issue X26 Taser.

Alternative forms

• Taser

Etymology

Acronym of Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by inventor Jack Cover, after the fictional character created by Edward Stratemeyer in 1910 and especially the volume Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911). Genericization of the trademark Taser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

taser (plural tasers)

1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

   Synonym: stun gun

2. (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

Translations

any stun gun

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: stroomstootwapen (nl) n
• Esperanto: tasero
• Finnish: sähkötainnutin, etälamautin (fi)
• French: taser (fr) m
• German: Elektroschockpistole f, Taser m
• Hungarian: sokkoló (hu)
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• Italian: Taser m
• Japanese: (stun gun) スタンガン (sutangan),
• Maori: pū hiko
• Russian: электрошо́ковый пистоле́т m (elektrošókovyj pistolét), электрошо́кер (ru) m (elektrošóker), та́зер (ru) m (tázer), тэ́йзер m (tɛ́jzer)
• Turkish: elektroşok silahı
• Ukrainian: електрошо́кер m (elektrošóker)
• Vietnamese: súng kích điện, súng điện

Derived terms

• taser (verb)
• tase

See also

• stun gun
• cattle prod (“an electric shock device used to herd cattle”)
• electric fence (“a fixed installation electric shock barrier used to control livestock”)
• mace (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)
• pepper spray (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)

Verb

taser (third-person singular simple present tasers, present participle tasering, simple past and past participle tasered)

1. To shock a person, thing, individual, or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun.
2. (figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.

   As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.

Synonyms

• tase

See also

• laser
• maser
• phaser

Further reading

• taser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, Satre, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, tears, teras

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English taser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.zər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ta‧ser
• Rhymes: -eːzər

Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. A taser (electro-stun weapon).

   Synonym: stroomstootwapen

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French

Etymology

English taser

Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. taser, a Taser
2. taser, by generalization, any electroshock stun gun

Synonyms

• (generalized): pistolet à impulsion électrique / PIE / PIÉ

Hypernyms

• arme à impulsion électrique / AIE / AIÉ