taser

See also: Taser, TASer, and Taşer

English

Police-issue X26 Taser.

Alternative forms

• Taser

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

taser (plural tasers)

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

   Synonym: stun gun

2. (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

Derived terms

• taser (verb)
• tase

Translations

any stun gun

• Arabic: صَاعِق m (ṣāʕiq), مُسَدَّس صَاعِق m (musaddas ṣāʕiq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電擊槍／电击枪 (diànjīqiāng)

• Dutch: stroomstootwapen (nl) n
• Esperanto: tasero
• Finnish: sähkötainnutin, etälamautin (fi)
• French: taser (fr) m
• German: Elektroschockpistole f, Taser m
• Hebrew: טֵייזר m (téyzr), שׁוֹקֶר חַשְׁמַלִּי (he) m (shóker khashmalí)
• Hungarian: sokkoló (hu)
• Italian: Taser m
• Japanese: (stun gun) スタンガン (sutangan),
• Macedonian: електрошо́ковен пи́штол m (elektrošókoven píštol), електрошо́кер m (elektrošóker), електрошок-на́права f (elektrošok-náprava), пи́штол за зашемету́вање m (píštol za zašemetúvanje), те́јзер m (téjzer)
• Maori: pū hiko
• Russian: электрошо́ковый пистоле́т m (elektrošókovyj pistolét), электрошо́кер (ru) m (elektrošóker), та́зер (ru) m (tázer), тэ́йзер m (tɛ́jzer)
• Turkish: elektroşok silahı
• Ukrainian: електрошо́кер m (elektrošóker)
• Vietnamese: súng kích điện, súng điện

See also

• stun gun
• cattle prod (“an electric shock device used to herd cattle”)
• electric fence (“a fixed installation electric shock barrier used to control livestock”)
• mace (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)
• pepper spray (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)

Verb

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

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. (figuratively) To 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.

Synonyms

• tase

See also

• laser
• maser
• phaser

Further reading

• taser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, Satre, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, tears, teras

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English taser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.zər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ta‧ser
• Rhymes: -eːzər

Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. A taser (electro-stun weapon).

   Synonym: stroomstootwapen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English taser.

Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. taser, a Taser
2. taser, by generalization, any electroshock stun gun

Synonyms

• (generalized): pistolet à impulsion électrique / PIE / PIÉ

Hypernyms

• arme à impulsion électrique / AIE / AIÉ