taser

== English == === Alternative forms === Taser === Etymology === 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ) === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== taser (verb) tase tasee ==== Translations ==== ==== 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 === teras, -aster, reast, earst, treas., setar, stare, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, rates, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English taser. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteː.zər/ Hyphenation: ta‧ser Rhymes: -eːzər === Noun === taser m (plural tasers, no diminutive) a taser (electro-stun weapon) Synonym: stroomstootwapen == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English taser. === Pronunciation === === 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