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Zapper

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Noun

1. zapper

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

Example Sentences:
'a bug zapper'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Zapper

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noun informal
1. 
a small device that one uses to control a television, video, or stereo from a distance
He squeezed the off button on the zapper he held in his fist.
2. 
an electrical device that kills insects
My advice would be not to use fly zappers in food handling areas.

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Zapper

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noun Slang
1. 
something, esp. an electronic device, that zaps
2. 
remote control (sense 2)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Zapper

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n.
Informal
1. A device that uses energy, especially electric current or radiation, for a specified purpose, especially a device that kills insects by means of an electric current flowing through a wire grid.
2. A remote control for a television set.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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