Tase

//teɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An electric shock administered with a taser.
Verb
  1. 1
    to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject

    "If the funding for these new tasers is approved, the entire JCPD will have to be re-trained on the tasers, but luckily they won't all have to be tased again."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er.

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