taser

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UK/ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/US/ˈteɪ.zɚ/

noun

A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

“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.”

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

taser1

nountaser (plural tasers)

plural tasers · alternative Taser

  1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

    Synonyms: stun gun

verbtaser (third-person singular simple present tasers, present participle tasering, simple past and past participle tasered)

present singular third person tasers · participle present tasering · participle past tasered · past tasered · alternative Taser

  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. 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

nounTaser (plural Tasers)

plural Tasers

  1. Alternative letter-case form of taser.
verbTaser (third-person singular simple present Tasers, present participle Tasering, simple past and past participle Tasered)

present singular third person Tasers · participle present Tasering · participle past Tasered · past Tasered

  1. 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

nounTASer (plural TASers)

plural TASers

  1. video gamesA gamer who records speedruns created with the help of software tools.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

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Origin

taser · noun, verb

  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ksweybʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kswéybʰ-e-ti
  10. Proto-Germanic*swībaną
  11. Old Englishswīfan
  12. Old Englishswift
  13. Middle Englishswift
  14. Englishswift
  15. EnglishSwift
  16. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  17. Latinēlectrum
  18. New Latinēlectricus
  19. Englishelectric
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reyp-
  21. Proto-Germanic*rīfaną
  22. Proto-Germanic*rīfilōną
  23. Proto-West Germanic*rīfilōn
  24. Frankish*rīffilōn
  25. Old Frenchrifler
  26. Middle Englishriflen
  27. Englishrifle
  28. EnglishTSER
  29. EnglishTaser
  30. 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.

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TASer · noun

From TAS (“tool-assisted speedrun”) + -er.

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

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