"stun gun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stun guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stun gun (plural stun guns)
  1. A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock. Wikipedia link: stun gun Categories (topical): Weapons Coordinate_terms: taser Translations (weapon intended to immobilize): صَاعِق (ṣāʕiq) [masculine] (Arabic), электрашо́кер (eljektrašókjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), 電擊槍 (Chinese Mandarin), 电击枪 (diànjīqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), elektroŝoka armilo (Esperanto), etälamautin (Finnish), tyrmäysase (Finnish), foudroyeur [masculine] (French), taser [masculine] (French), Elektroschocker [masculine] (German), अचेत बंदूक (acet bandūk) (Hindi), sokkoló (Hungarian), rafbyssa [feminine] (Icelandic), スタンガン (sutan gan) (Japanese), 전기 충격기 (jeon'gi chunggyeokgi) (alt: 電氣衝擊機) (Korean), электрошо́кер (elektrošóker) [masculine] (Russian), та́зер (tázer) [masculine] (Russian), pistola paralizante [feminine] (Spanish), електрошо́кер (elektrošóker) [masculine] (Ukrainian), súng gây choáng (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "전기 충격기"
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      "sense": "weapon intended to immobilize",
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      "word": "электрошо́кер"
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      "code": "uk",
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