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▪ I. Taser orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈteɪzə(r)|
Also taser.
[f. the initial letters of Tom Swift's electric rifle (a fictitious weapon), after laser2.]
A weapon which fires barbs attached by wires to batteries, and causes temporary paralysis. Hence ˈTasered a., paralysed by means of a Taser.
Developed by Taser Systems Inc., Los Angeles.
1972Science 12 May 615/2 A taser is an instrument that fires a cluster of electrified barbs which become snagged in the victim's clothing and paralyze him until the current is switched off. 1973Guardian 16 Apr. 11 A pan-lethal weapon called the Taser, developed by a California manufacturer... Two electrical wires lash out... The suspect stiffens from shock. His muscles are paralysed. 1975Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 Oct. 10/1 The Taser Public Defender, as it's called, can penetrate nearly two inches of clothing and give up to a 50,000-volt charge. Taser Systems Inc. of Los Angeles, the manufacturer, says it is not lethal but is designed to stop attackers in their tracks. 1976N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 13 A powerful transformer within the Taser generates 50,000 volts when a trigger is pressed. This jolt, sent through the wires into the darts, which have been shot into the skin or clothing of the victim, cause him to become ‘Tasered’. 1977Observer 21 Aug. 2/7 There was the taser that fired barbs attached to wires into demonstrators to paralyse them with electric shocks.
▪ II. Taser, v. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈteɪzə|, U.S. |ˈteɪzər|
Forms: also with lower case initial.
[‹ Taser n.]
trans. To use a Taser on (a person); to subdue or incapacitate using a Taser.
1976N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Jan. 31/3 When an attacker has been ‘Tasered’, the muscles in his body involuntarily contract; he is virtually helpless and may experience pain. 1993B. Cross It's not about Salary 325 High on PCP and breakdancing in the street, [they] tasered him four times and he died. 2002Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 21 July 21 City cops couldn't say last night if tasering a woman allegedly resisting arrest yesterday was justified, but a couple who saw the incident believe excessive force was used. 2007Metro (London ed.) 19 Sept. 11/2 A student was Tasered after asking too many questions at a university forum with US Senator John Kerry. |