"zapper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: en-us-zapper.ogg [US] Forms: zappers [plural]
enPR: zăpʹə [UK] (note: r) Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English zap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English zapper From zap + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|zap|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English zap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English zapper [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "zapper", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="zapper"> From zap + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} zapper (plural zappers)
  1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television. Tags: colloquial Translations (remote control): kaukosäädin (Finnish), kake [colloquial] (Finnish), zapette [feminine] (French), zappette [feminine] (French), Fernbedienung [feminine] (German), mando a distancia [masculine] (Spanish), fjärrkontroll [common-gender] (Swedish), пульт керування (pulʹt keruvannja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-GekyG7cs Disambiguation of 'remote control': 97 1 0 1
  2. (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes. Tags: colloquial Hyponyms: bug zapper Translations (device that electrifies or electrocutes): Elektroschocker [masculine] (German), Elektroschockgerät [neuter] (German)
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  3. (colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates. Tags: broadly, colloquial, figuratively Translations (anything that exterminates): Vernichter [masculine] (German)
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  4. (slang) A microwave oven. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-6yQGapOQ Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 39 42 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 38 42 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 44 38 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 40 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 39 42 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: like a bug to a zapper

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish zap\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzijos\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nEnglish -er\nEnglish zapper\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"nom.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Nominalization of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-āzijos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"nominalization\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ārius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-ārijaz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-ārī\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-ere\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ere\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-er\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"zapper\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"zapper\">\nFrom zap + -er.",
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      "form": "zappers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "(colloquial) A remote control for a television."
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      "glosses": [
        "A device that electrifies or electrocutes."
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        "(colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes."
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          "ref": "1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:",
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          "ref": "2009, Jeffrey Bernstein, Liking the Child You Love:",
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        "Anything that exterminates."
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        "(colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates."
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          "ref": "2011, Bob Cohn, To Catch a Catch, page 49:",
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        }
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        "A microwave oven."
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        "(slang) A microwave oven."
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      "enpr": "zăpʹə",
      "note": "r",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æpə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "word": "kaukosäädin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "remote control",
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      "word": "kake"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zapette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zappette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fernbedienung"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mando a distancia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "remote control",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fjärrkontroll"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pulʹt keruvannja",
      "sense": "remote control",
      "word": "пульт керування"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "device that electrifies or electrocutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Elektroschocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "device that electrifies or electrocutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Elektroschockgerät"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "anything that exterminates",
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      "word": "Vernichter"
    }
  ],
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}

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