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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 currents
Familiarity information: ZAPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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