phaser

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US/ˈfeɪzɚ/

noun

An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.

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phase
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Meanings

nounphaser (plural phasers)

plural phasers

  1. entertainmentAn electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
  2. literatureFictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).

    I said, "Set phasers on be-a-bastard."

    2009, Meg Gardiner, China Lake, →ISBN
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    Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun."

    1966 September 8, George Clayton Johnson, The Man Trap (Star Trek), season 1, episode 1

    His oddly reserved nature stands out [...]. Whyte sets his phaser on stun, not kill.

    1995 July, THIS magazine, page 21

    A Bajoran rushed past with an armful of phaser rifles, another with a box of hand phasers.

    1999, Dafydd ab Hugh, chapter 3, in Fallen Heroes [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 5], New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books

    Giolitti's Gold Key art is widely admired, [...] and this is a terrific opportunity to pick up a page—set your phasers on bid.

    2004, Hertiage Signature Auction #811, page 185
  3. A phase modulator
  4. alternativeAlternative form of PHASR.
verbphaser (third-person singular simple present phasers, present participle phasering, simple past and past participle phasered)

present singular third person phasers · participle present phasering · participle past phasered · past phasered

  1. transitiveliteratureTo shoot with a phaser weapon.

    Synonyms: phase

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo shoot with a phaser weapon.

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phase
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phasorphasr

Origin

* (science fiction): For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons). * (phase modulation): phase + -er

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Translations

Portuguese phaser
  • phaserelectronic music device

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with phaser

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

phaser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaser

MLA

“phaser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phaser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaser.

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