tase

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/teɪz/

verb

to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject

Similar
taser
OriginEnglish taserbf. ← Middle English riflen ← Old French rifler →
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Meanings

verbtase (third-person singular simple present tases, present participle tasing, simple past and past participle tased)

present singular third person tases · participle present tasing · participle past tased · past tased · alternative taze

  1. to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject

    If the funding for these new tasers is approved, the entire JCPD will have to be re-trained on the tasers, but luckily they won't all have to be tased again.

    2014 August 25, “Jefferson City Police seek approval for new tasers”, in KMIZ, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2014

    Synonyms: taser

nountase (plural tases)

plural tases · alternative taze

  1. An electric shock administered with a taser.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject

Similar
taser
Also see
electrocutelight uptaser

Origin

  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. Englishtaserbf.
  31. Englishtase

Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian зашеметявам с електрошок
  • зашеметявам с електрошок (zašemetjavam s elektrošok)To shock with a stun gun
Finnish käyttää tyrmäysasetta
  • käyttää tyrmäysasettaTo shock with a stun gun
French taser
  • taserTo shock with a stun gun
Spanish electrocutar con pistola, electrodisparar
  • electrocutar con pistolaTo shock with a stun gun
  • electrodispararTo shock with a stun gun
  • disparar con taser (téiser)To shock with a stun gun
  • disparar con paralizadoraTo shock with a stun gun
  • disparar con inmovilizadoraTo shock with a stun gun
  • disparar con electrocutadoraTo shock with a stun gun

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tase

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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