taser
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
Noun edit
taser (plural tasers)
- A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.
- Synonym: stun gun
- (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.
Derived terms edit
- taser (verb)
- tase
Translations edit
any stun gun
|
See also edit
- 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 edit
taser (third-person singular simple present tasers, present participle tasering, simple past and past participle tasered)
- 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.
- (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 edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taser m (plural tasers)
- A taser (electro-stun weapon).
- Synonym: stroomstootwapen
French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
taser m (plural tasers)
Synonyms edit
- (generalized): pistolet à impulsion électrique / PIE / PIÉ
Hypernyms edit
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪzə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/eɪzə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Weapons
- English eponyms
- English genericized trademarks
- English terms derived from fiction
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːzər
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns