laser

Noun (1)

laser (countable and uncountable, plural lasers)

1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
3. A laser printer.
   • The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.2004 May 18, PC Mag, volume 23, number 9, page 117

Verb

laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)

1. (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
   • I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.
2. (informal, transitive) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
   • None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star
3. To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.

Noun (2)

UK/ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/

laser (plural lasers)

1. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
2. Such a plant.

Noun (3) capitalized: LASER

LASER (plural LASERs)

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
   • The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Idaho is cooperating in pioneer investigations of the possible use of LASERs in forest fire operation.1963, Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1964: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session...

Noun (4) capitalized: Laser

Laser (plural Lasers)

1. A simple type of dinghy