laser

plural lasers

1. countableuncountableA device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
2. countableuncountableA beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
3. countableuncountableA laser printer.

   The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.

   2004 May 18, PC Mag, volume 23, number 9, page 117

4. abbreviationellipsisuncountablemedicineEllipsis of laser hair removal.

   I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.

present singular third person lasers · participle present lasering · participle past lasered · past lasered

1. transitiveTo cut, destroy or treat with a laser.

   I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.

2. informaltransitivehobbiesTo throw or kick with laser-like precision.

   None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

   2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star

3. aeronauticsTo point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.

plural lasers · alternative lasar

1. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
2. Such a plant.

plural Lasers

1. nauticalA simple type of dinghy

plural LASERs

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

   The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Idaho is cooperating in pioneer investigations of the possible use of LASERs in forest fire operation.

   1963, Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1964: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5279, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 1307

   Synonyms: laser