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taser
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)
- 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.
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)
- 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.
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)
- A taser (electro-stun weapon).
- Synonym: stroomstootwapen
French
Etymology
English taser
Noun
taser m (plural tasers)
- taser, a Taser
- taser, by generalization, any electroshock stun gun
Synonyms
- (generalized): pistolet à impulsion électrique / PIE / PIÉ
Hypernyms
- arme à impulsion électrique / AIE / AIÉ
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taber
English
Noun
taber (plural tabers)
- (music) Obsolete spelling of tabor
Verb
taber (third-person singular simple present tabers, present participle tabering, simple past and past participle tabered)
- Obsolete spelling of tabor
- And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
Anagrams
- Berat, Berta, rebat
Danish
Etymology 1
From tabe (“to lose”) +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?æ?b??]
Noun
taber c (singular definite taberen, plural indefinite tabere)
- a loser
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?æ?b??], (colloquial) IPA(key): [?t?aw??]
Verb
taber
- present of tabe
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