Crossword clues for zapper
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
electrical pest-killer, 1970, from zap.
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.
WordNet
n. an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; "a bug zapper"
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 light gun sold as an accessory for the Wii
- Zapper: One Wicked Cricket, a multi-platform video game released in 2002
- Zapper, a TV ident for BBC Two from 1997 to 2001
- A bug zapper, a device that uses a light source to attract insects to an electrical grid, where they are incinerated by the current
- British-Slang for remote control
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.