zapper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- zăpʹə (UK) r
- (US) audio
- /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
From zap + -er.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A remote control for a television.
The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.
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(colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes.
Miranda is not the sort of person to carry a zapper but she has an oar that would cause a dog a lot more grief if it caught it full on.
2005, Robert Wood, Pushing Envelopes, page 51:
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(broadly, colloquial, figuratively) Anything that exterminates.
You are going to go from being a toxic-thought overreactor to a toxic-thought zapper.
2009, Jeffrey Bernstein, Liking the Child You Love:If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]
1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:
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(slang) A microwave oven.
I hate to spoil your microwave testimonial, but they were actually cooked in the regular oven this morning and just re-heated in the zapper.
2011, Bob Cohn, To Catch a Catch, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zappers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
sv fjärrkontroll (remote control) · de Vernichter (anything that exterminates) · fi kaukosäädin (remote control) · fr zappette (remote control) · de Fernbedienung (remote control) · de Elektroschocker (device that electrifies or electrocutes) · es mando a distancia (remote control) · fi kake (remote control) · de Elektroschockgerät (device that electrifies or electrocutes) · uk пульт керування (remote control) · fr zapette (remote control)