Definitions For Taser

Verb

{{en-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. : {{ux, en, 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

Noun

TASER (plural TASERs) A taser, a handheld device made by {{w, Taser International}} 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}}, {{t, cmn, 电击枪 (diànjīqiāng, sc=Hani) Dutch: stroomstootwapen, n Esperanto: tasero Finnish: sähkötainnutin, etälamautin French: taser, m German: Elektroschockpistole, f, Taser, m Japanese: {{qualifier, stun gun}} 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

{{alter, en, Taser}}

Etymology

{{acronym of, en, {{w, Tom Swift, Thomas A. Swift}}'s electric, electric rifle, rifle}} Coined in the early 1970s by inventor {{w, Jack Cover}}, after the fictional character created by {{w, Edward Stratemeyer}} 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 {{cln, en, eponyms, genericized trademarks, terms derived from fiction}}