Definitions For Taser

Verb

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. (figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents. :

Synonyms

tase

Noun

TASER (plural TASERs) A taser, a handheld device made by intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock. : Synonym: stun gun (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 電擊槍, sc=Hani, スタンガン (sutangan, sc=Jpan), Maori: pū hiko Russian: электрошо́ковый пистоле́т, m, электрошо́кер, m, та́зер, m, тэ́йзер, m Vietnamese: súng kích điện, súng điện

Derived terms

taser, pos=verb tase

See also

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

's electric, electric rifle, rifle Coined in the early 1970s by inventor , after the fictional character created by in 1910 and especially the volume Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911). Genericization of the trademark Taser.

See also

laser maser phaser

Anagrams

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