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ZAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zapper mean? 

ZAPPER (noun)
  The noun ZAPPER has 1 sense:

1. an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currentsplay

  Familiarity information: ZAPPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZAPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

a bug zapper

Hypernyms ("zapper" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Derivation:

zap (kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting)


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