ray gun

See also: raygun and ray-gun

English

Noun

ray gun (plural ray guns)

1. (science fiction) A weapon that shoots harmful rays.
   • 1972, “Moonage Daydream”, in The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, performed by David Bowie:

     Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe / Put your ray gun to my head

Synonyms

• energy weapon (formal)

Translations

a science fiction energy weapon

• Catalan: pistola de raigs f
• Finnish: sädease (fi), sädepyssy (fi), sädepistooli
• German: Strahlengewehr n
• Icelandic: geislabyssa f
• Korean: 광선총 (gwangseonchong)
• Portuguese: arma de raio f, arma de raios f
• Spanish: pistola de rayos f
• Swedish: strålpistol c
• Welsh: dryll pelydr m, gwn pelydr m

See also

• death ray
• phaser

Anagrams

• Ruyang, ungray