noun
a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock
• Syn: ↑stun baton
• Hypernyms: ↑weapon, ↑arm, ↑weapon system
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noun : a weapon designed to stun or immobilize (as by an electric shock) rather than kill or injure the one affected
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1. a battery-powered, hand-held weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, esp. by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury.
2. any of various hand-held weapons that shoot small pellet-filled bags, tranquilizer darts, darts attached to electric wires, or the like to immobilize a person or animal briefly and without injury.
[1965-70]
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a weapon that produces an electric shock that makes someone unable to move for a short time
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stun gun,
a device used to control unruly or rioting people, such as a stick that delivers a powerful electric shock on contact or a gun that shoots a compressed bag filled with sand, bird shoot, or the like.
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n. a device used to immobilize an attacker without causing serious injury, typically by administering an electric shock
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noun, pl ⋯ guns [count]
: a gun that produces an electric shock which makes someone unconscious or stops someone from moving
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a weapon that makes a person or an animal unconscious or unable to move for a short time, usually by giving them a small electric shock
Useful english dictionary. 2012.