Meanings
taser1
present singular third person tasers · participle present tasering · participle past tasered · past tasered · alternative Taser
- figurativelyTo 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.
Taser2
present singular third person Tasers · participle present Tasering · participle past Tasered · past Tasered
- Alternative letter-case form of taser.
"In one incident, a large, vicious dog was coming at an officer and he was able to Taser the dog rather than shoot it," Llewellyn said.
2008 April 2, Jenny May, “Mentor police will purchase”, in Cleveland News-Herald, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2009
TASer3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.
Origin
taser · noun, verb
- Aramaicתאמא
- Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
- Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
- LatinThōmās
- Middle EnglishThomas
- Middle EnglishThomme
- EnglishTom
- Proto-Indo-European*ksweybʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kswéybʰ-e-ti
- Proto-Germanic*swībaną
- Old Englishswīfan
- Old Englishswift
- Middle Englishswift
- Englishswift
- EnglishSwift
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁reyp-
- Proto-Germanic*rīfaną
- Proto-Germanic*rīfilōną
- Proto-West Germanic*rīfilōn
- Frankish*rīffilōn
- Old Frenchrifler
- Middle Englishriflen
- Englishrifle
- EnglishTSER
- EnglishTaser
- Englishtaser
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَاعِق, مُسَدَّس صَاعِق
- صَاعِق (ṣāʕiq)any stun gun
- مُسَدَّس صَاعِق (musaddas ṣāʕiq)any stun gun
Chinese Mandarin 電擊槍 /电击枪
- 電擊槍 /电击枪 (diànjīqiāng)any stun gun
Danish strømpistol, taser
- strømpistolany stun gun
- taserany stun gun
Dutch stroomstootwapen
- stroomstootwapenany stun gun
Esperanto tasero
- taseroany stun gun
Finnish sähkötainnutin, etälamautin
- sähkötainnutinany stun gun
- etälamautinany stun gun
French taser
- taserany stun gun
German Elektroschockpistole, Taser
- Elektroschockpistoleany stun gun
- Taserany stun gun
Hebrew טֵייזר, שׁוֹקֶר חַשְׁמַלִּי
- טֵייזר (téyzr)any stun gun
- שׁוֹקֶר חַשְׁמַלִּי (shóker khashmalí)any stun gun
Hungarian sokkoló
- sokkolóany stun gun
Italian Taser
- Taserany stun gun
Māori pū hiko
- pū hikoany stun gun
Portuguese taser
- taserany stun gun
Russian электрошо́ковый пистоле́т, электрошо́кер
- электрошо́ковый пистоле́т (elektrošókovyj pistolét)any stun gun
- электрошо́кер (elektrošóker)any stun gun
- та́зер (tázer)any stun gun
- тэ́йзер (tɛ́jzer)any stun gun
Spanish táser, Taser
- táserany stun gun
- Taserany stun gun
- pistola táserany stun gun
Turkish elektroşok silahı
- elektroşok silahıany stun gun
Ukrainian електрошо́кер
- електрошо́кер (elektrošóker)any stun gun
Vietnamese súng kích điện, súng điện
- súng kích điệnany stun gun
- súng điệnany stun gun
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
taser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taser
“taser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taser.
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