zapper
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zapper
- /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -æpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From zap + -er.
noun zappers
- A remote control for a television. The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.
- 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.
- Anything that exterminates. 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 […]
- 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.
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noun remote control
| Español | mando a distancia |
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| Français | zapette, zappette |
| Deutsch | Fernbedienung |
noun device that electrifies or electrocutes
| Deutsch | Elektroschocker, Elektroschockgerät |
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noun anything that exterminates
| Deutsch | Vernichter |
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Talk about this word "zapper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zapper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. zapper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zapper "zapper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zapper.
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@misc{zapper_2026,
title = {zapper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zapper},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
