"taser" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪ.zɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taser.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tasers [plural], Taser [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swiftder. English Swift Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- Proto-Germanic *rīfaną Proto-Germanic *-lōną Proto-Germanic *rīfilōną Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn Frankish *rīffilōnbor. Old French riflerbor. Middle English riflen English rifle English TSER English Taser English taser 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. 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  1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock. Synonyms: stun gun
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  2. (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun. Tags: broadly Translations (any stun gun): صَاعِق (ṣāʕiq) [masculine] (Arabic), مُسَدَّس صَاعِق (musaddas ṣāʕiq) [masculine] (Arabic), 電擊槍 /电击枪 (diànjīqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), strømpistol [common-gender] (Danish), taser (Danish), stroomstootwapen [neuter] (Dutch), tasero (Esperanto), sähkötainnutin (Finnish), etälamautin (Finnish), taser [masculine] (French), Elektroschockpistole [feminine] (German), Taser [masculine] (German), טֵייזר (téyzr) [masculine] (Hebrew), שׁוֹקֶר חַשְׁמַלִּי (shóker khashmalí) [masculine] (Hebrew), sokkoló (Hungarian), Taser [masculine] (Italian), електрошо́ковен пи́штол (elektrošókoven píštol) [masculine] (Macedonian), електрошо́кер (elektrošóker) [masculine] (Macedonian), електрошок-на́права (elektrošok-náprava) [feminine] (Macedonian), пи́штол за зашемету́вање (píštol za zašemetúvanje) [masculine] (Macedonian), те́јзер (téjzer) [masculine] (Macedonian), pū hiko (Māori), taser [masculine] (Portuguese), электрошо́ковый пистоле́т (elektrošókovyj pistolét) [masculine] (Russian), электрошо́кер (elektrošóker) [masculine] (Russian), та́зер (tázer) [masculine] (Russian), тэ́йзер (tɛ́jzer) [masculine] (Russian), táser [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), Taser [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), pistola táser [feminine] (Spanish), elektroşok silahı (Turkish), електрошо́кер (elektrošóker) [masculine] (Ukrainian), súng kích điện (Vietnamese), súng điện (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tase, tasee Related terms: stun gun, cattle prod (english: an electric shock device used to herd cattle), electric fence (english: a fixed installation electric shock barrier used to control livestock), mace (english: a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers), pepper spray (english: a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers)

Verb

IPA: /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪ.zɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taser.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tasers [present, singular, third-person], tasering [participle, present], tasered [participle, past], tasered [past], Taser [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swiftder. English Swift Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- Proto-Germanic *rīfaną Proto-Germanic *-lōną Proto-Germanic *rīfilōną Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn Frankish *rīffilōnbor. Old French riflerbor. Middle English riflen English rifle English TSER English Taser English taser 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. 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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.
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  2. (figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents. Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tase Related terms: laser, maser, phaser

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "translation": "a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "any stun gun",
      "word": "電擊槍 /电击枪"
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      "word": "электрошо́ковый пистоле́т"
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      "word": "pistola táser"
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      "sense": "any stun gun",
      "word": "elektroşok silahı"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "any stun gun",
      "word": "súng kích điện"
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      "code": "vi",
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    "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle"
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      "word": "phaser"
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}

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