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zappers

zappers is the plural of zapper.

Meaning of zapper

Noun

zapper (plural zappers)

  1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television.
    • The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.
  2. (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes.
    • Miranda is not the sort of person to carry a zapper but she has an oar that would cause a dog a lot more grief if it caught it full on.2005, Robert Wood, Pushing Envelopes, page 51
  3. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively) Anything that exterminates.
    • If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140
  4. (slang) A microwave oven.
    • I hate to spoil your microwave testimonial, but they were actually cooked in the regular oven this morning and just re-heated in the zapper.2011, Bob Cohn, To Catch a Catch, page 49

Phrases with zappers

Questions about zappers

What is zappers the plural of?
Zappers is the plural of zapper.

Words near zappers in the dictionary

  1. zapped over
  2. zapped up
  3. zappee
  4. zappees
  5. zapper
  6. zappers
  7. Zappia
  8. Zappias
  9. zappier
  10. zappiest
  11. zappily

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