taser

See also: Taser, TASer, and Taşer

English

Police-issue X26 Taser.

Alternative forms

• Taser

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 *-kos

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. Genericization of the trademark Taser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

taser (plural tasers)

1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

   Synonym: stun gun

2. (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

Derived terms

• taser (verb)
• tase
• tasee

Translations

any stun gun — see also stun gun

• Arabic: صَاعِق m (ṣāʕiq), مُسَدَّس صَاعِق m (musaddas ṣāʕiq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電擊槍 / 电击枪 (diànjīqiāng)

• Danish: strømpistol c, taser
• Dutch: stroomstootwapen (nl) n
• Esperanto: tasero
• Finnish: sähkötainnutin, etälamautin (fi)
• French: taser (fr) m
• German: Elektroschockpistole (de) f, Taser m
• Hebrew: טֵייזר m (téyzr), שׁוֹקֶר חַשְׁמַלִּי (he) m (shóker khashmalí)
• Hungarian: sokkoló (hu)
• Italian: Taser m
• Japanese: スタンガン (sutan gan, literally “stun gun”)
• Macedonian: електрошо́ковен пи́штол m (elektrošókoven píštol), електрошо́кер m (elektrošóker), електрошок-на́права f (elektrošok-náprava), пи́штол за зашемету́вање m (píštol za zašemetúvanje), те́јзер m (téjzer)
• Māori: pū hiko
• Portuguese: taser m
• Russian: электрошо́ковый пистоле́т m (elektrošókovyj pistolét), электрошо́кер (ru) m (elektrošóker), та́зер (ru) m (tázer), тэ́йзер m (tɛ́jzer)
• Spanish: táser m or f, Taser m or f, pistola táser f
• Turkish: elektroşok silahı
• Ukrainian: електрошо́кер m (elektrošóker)
• Vietnamese: súng kích điện, súng điện

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)

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.
2. (figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.

   As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.

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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ta‧ser
• Rhymes: -eːzər

Noun

taser m (plural tasers, no diminutive)

1. a taser (electro-stun weapon)

   Synonym: stroomstootwapen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English taser.

Alternative forms

• Taser, taseur

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ta.zœʁ/, /ta.zɛʁ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

taser m (plural tasers)

1. taser, a Taser
2. taser, by generalization, any electroshock stun gun

   Synonyms: pistolet à impulsion électrique, PIE, PIÉ

Hypernyms

• arme à impulsion électrique / AIE / AIÉ

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ta.ze/

Alternative forms

• tazer

Verb

taser

1. (transitive) to tase

Conjugation

Conjugation of taser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	taser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tasant /ta.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tasé /ta.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tase /taz/	tases /taz/	tase /taz/	tasons /ta.zɔ̃/	tasez /ta.ze/	tasent /taz/
	imperfect	tasais /ta.zɛ/	tasais /ta.zɛ/	tasait /ta.zɛ/	tasions /ta.zjɔ̃/	tasiez /ta.zje/	tasaient /ta.zɛ/
	past historic2	tasai /ta.ze/	tasas /ta.za/	tasa /ta.za/	tasâmes /ta.zam/	tasâtes /ta.zat/	tasèrent /ta.zɛʁ/
	future	taserai /taz.ʁe/	taseras /taz.ʁa/	tasera /taz.ʁa/	taserons /taz.ʁɔ̃/	taserez /taz.ʁe/	taseront /taz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	taserais /taz.ʁɛ/	taserais /taz.ʁɛ/	taserait /taz.ʁɛ/	taserions /ta.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	taseriez /ta.zə.ʁje/	taseraient /taz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tase /taz/	tases /taz/	tase /taz/	tasions /ta.zjɔ̃/	tasiez /ta.zje/	tasent /taz/
	imperfect2	tasasse /ta.zas/	tasasses /ta.zas/	tasât /ta.za/	tasassions /ta.za.sjɔ̃/	tasassiez /ta.za.sje/	tasassent /ta.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tase /taz/	—	tasons /ta.zɔ̃/	tasez /ta.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).