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zapper
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Word definitions for zapper in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ More than 15 million viewers now own a zapper . ▪ This will ease the effects of these sleep zappers.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Zapper may refer to: An automated sales suppression device , software for falsifying cash register records NES Zapper , a pistol-shaped electronic light gun sold as part of the original Nintendo Entertainment System Wii Zapper , a gun-shaped electronic ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
electrical pest-killer, 1970, from zap .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; "a bug zapper"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context colloquial English) A remote control for a television. 2 A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper. 3 (context figuratively by extension English) Anything that exterminates.
Usage examples of zapper.
Clint and Zapper followed right behind him, firing their rifles at the ridge as they ran.
The next thing he knew, Zapper was pulling his hand away from the wound.
Phil woke him for his watch and crawled into the warm sleeping bag Zapper left.
He settled in the fork of a limb taking the field glasses Zapper handed him.
He handed the glasses to Zapper, who started searching farther out while Dave searched the area nearby.
He stuck his head out when Zapper got close so he would know exactly where he was.
The small one stepped in front, pushing the other two behind her and watched Zapper warily.
He stood up and ran hard to catch up with Zapper, who slowed his pace as Dave took the radio out of his jacket.
Going over to where Zapper and Phil were digging a shallow grave, he showed them the location of a small town twenty miles from them.
His head began to hurt and he decided to tell Zapper about his conversation with Ginger.
He sat in front with Zapper, while Phil set in the backseat with the girls.
Dave stepped a little to the side to keep from being between Zapper and the man.
Until then, find someone who can take dictation and write down everything Zapper tells you about defending your town.
A hundred yards later, Zapper stopped at a ditch, which had been bulldozed across the road.
Balling up her small fist, she whirled around and hit Zapper in the groin as hard as she could.