stun gun

noun

A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock.

Similar
stun baton
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Meanings

nounstun gun (plural stun guns)

plural stun guns

  1. A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock.

    Lodner tossed the stun gun on a flange between the stills and the fluxing panels.

    1946 November, Mark Champion, “Unforeseen”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 38, number 3, page 42
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    The removable pages are organized in strict military fashion and include complete data on the Commlock, Stun Gun, Laser Cannon, Communications Post, Uniforms, and several fold-out blueprints of the various levels and areas of Moonbase Alpha.

    1978 January, “The Official Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook (advert)”, in Starlog, volume 2, number 11, page 9

    A stun gun disguised as a mobile phone has been seized from a 14-year-old boy in Manchester.

    2014 March 8, “Manchester police seize stun gun disguised as iPhone”, in BBC News

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock

Similar
stun baton
Broader
weaponarmweapon system
Also see
taser

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic صَاعِق
  • صَاعِق (ṣāʕiq)weapon intended to immobilize
Chinese Mandarin 電擊槍 /电击枪
  • 電擊槍 /电击枪 (diànjīqiāng)weapon intended to immobilize
Esperanto elektroŝoka armilo
  • elektroŝoka armiloweapon intended to immobilize
Finnish etälamautin, tyrmäysase
  • etälamautinweapon intended to immobilize
  • tyrmäysaseweapon intended to immobilize
French foudroyeur, taser
  • foudroyeurweapon intended to immobilize
  • taserweapon intended to immobilize
German Elektroschocker
  • Elektroschockerweapon intended to immobilize
Hindi अचेत बंदूक
  • अचेत बंदूक (acet bandūk)weapon intended to immobilize
Hungarian sokkoló
  • sokkolóweapon intended to immobilize
Icelandic rafbyssa
  • rafbyssaweapon intended to immobilize
Japanese スタンガン
  • スタンガン (sutan gan)weapon intended to immobilize
Korean 전기충격기
  • 전기충격기 (jeon'gichunggyeokgi)weapon intended to immobilize
Russian электрошо́кер, та́зер
  • электрошо́кер (elektrošóker)weapon intended to immobilize
  • та́зер (tázer)weapon intended to immobilize
Spanish pistola paralizante, pistola paralizadora
  • pistola paralizanteweapon intended to immobilize
  • pistola paralizadoraweapon intended to immobilize
  • pistola inmovilizanteweapon intended to immobilize
  • pistola inmovilizadoraweapon intended to immobilize
  • pistola electrocutanteweapon intended to immobilize
  • pistola electrocutadoraweapon intended to immobilize
Ukrainian електрошо́кер
  • електрошо́кер (elektrošóker)weapon intended to immobilize
Vietnamese súng gây choáng
  • súng gây choángweapon intended to immobilize
Cite this entry
APA

stun gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stun%20gun

MLA

“stun gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stun%20gun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stun gun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stun%20gun.

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