"zapper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: en-us-zapper.ogg Forms: zappers [plural]
enPR: zăpʹə [UK] (note: r) Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ) Etymology: From zap + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|zap|-er|id2=agent noun}} 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': 94 1 1 4
  2. (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes. Tags: colloquial Hyponyms: bug zapper
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-c3Z7jbRs
  3. (colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates. Tags: broadly, colloquial, figuratively
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-5eJnSmSB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 47 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 31 52 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 30 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 31 48 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 31 47 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 31 47 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 32 50 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 32 49 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 31 48 10
  4. (slang) A microwave oven. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-6yQGapOQ

Inflected forms

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