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taser

See also: Taser, TASer, and Taşer

English

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Police-issue X26 Taser.

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Etymology

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Acronym of the science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by the inventor Jack Cover originally as TSER, to which he later added the letter A to ease pronunciation. Genericization of the trademark Taser.

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Noun

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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.

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See also

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  • 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

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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.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English taser.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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taser m (plural tasers)

  1. a taser (electro-stun weapon)
    Synonym: stroomstootwapen

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English taser.

Noun

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taser m (plural tasers)

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

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