Phrase guide

stun gun

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A weapon intended to immobilize, usually through delivery of an electric shock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stun baton

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weapon, arm, weapon system

History

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَاعِق (ṣāʕiq) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Belarusian: электрашо́кер (eljektrašókjer) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電擊槍 /电击枪 (diànjīqiāng) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Esperanto: elektroŝoka armilo — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Finnish: etälamautin — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Finnish: tyrmäysase — weapon intended to immobilize
  • French: foudroyeur — weapon intended to immobilize
  • French: taser — weapon intended to immobilize
  • German: Elektroschocker — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Hindi: अचेत बंदूक (acet bandūk) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Hungarian: sokkoló — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Icelandic: rafbyssa — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Japanese: スタンガン (sutan gan) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Korean: 전기충격기 (jeon'gichunggyeokgi) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Russian: электрошо́кер (elektrošóker) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Russian: та́зер (tázer) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola paralizante — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola paralizadora — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola inmovilizante — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola inmovilizadora — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola electrocutante — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Spanish: pistola electrocutadora — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Ukrainian: електрошо́кер (elektrošóker) — weapon intended to immobilize
  • Vietnamese: súng gây choáng — weapon intended to immobilize