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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

English

Etymology

From tease +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tiz?/
• Rhymes: -i?z?(r)

Noun

teaser (plural teasers)

1. One who teases or pokes fun.

   Synonym: tease

2. (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
3. (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.

   Coordinate terms: (film) trailer, preview

4. (television) A brief portion of a television episode shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
5. (Britain, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger.
6. (electrical) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
7. The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
8. (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.

Derived terms

• cockteaser
• prickteaser

Descendants

• ? German: Teaser

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Easter, Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares

Portuguese

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)

Spanish

Noun

teaser m (plural teasers or teaser)

1. teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)