different between caser vs taser

English

Etymology

Possibly from Yiddish ????? (keser, “crown”), from Hebrew ??????? (keter)

Pronunciation

Noun

caser (plural casers)

1. (slang, Britain) A crown, a five-shilling coin.

Derived terms

• case
• case quarter

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

French

Etymology

case +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.ze/

Verb

caser

1. to fit
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) to settle down

Conjugation

Further reading

• “caser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• âcres, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré, scare

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Latin Caesar. The original, older spelling of c?sere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.ser/, [?k??.zer]

Noun

c?ser m

1. emperor
2. Alternative form of c?sere

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• Taser

Etymology

Acronym of Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by inventor Jack Cover, after the fictional character created by Edward Stratemeyer in 1910 and especially the volume Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911). Genericization of the trademark Taser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?te?.z?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?te?.z?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(?)

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.

Translations

Derived terms

• taser (verb)
• tase

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.

Synonyms

• tase

See also

• laser
• maser
• phaser

Further reading

• taser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English taser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?.z?r/
• Hyphenation: ta?ser
• Rhymes: -e?z?r

Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. A taser (electro-stun weapon).

   Synonym: stroomstootwapen

French

Etymology

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