Taser

[ tey-zer ]

Trademark.

1. Often TASER. a brand name for a gunlike device that uses propelled wires or direct contact to electrically stun and incapacitate a person temporarily.

Taser

/ ˈteɪzə /

noun

1. a weapon that fires electrical probes that give an electric shock, causing temporary paralysis

verb

1. tr to stun (someone) with a taser

Example Sentences

The sergeant, who was not identified, was shot at least twice in the legs and suffered shrapnel wounds, Casto said, and other bullets struck the car seat and his taser.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Khalife "flinched" when he saw the taser, but did not "have a chance to stop" because of the speed he was moving, the court heard.

From BBC

"I ran down the stairs, I pulled my taser out."

From BBC

Police arrived and used a taser on the man before taking him away, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Scotland Yard added that before Mr Richards had been de-arrested on Fulham Palace Road in Fulham, "a Taser was pointed but not discharged".

From BBC