zapper
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Television & radio, Technology, Electricalzapperzap‧per /ˈzæpə $ -ər/ noun [countable] informal 1 AMTTa thing you use for changing channels on a television from a distance SYN remote control2 TEEa piece of electrical equipment that attracts and kills insectsExamples from the Corpuszapper• More than 15 million viewers now own a zapper.• This will ease the effects of these sleep zappers.