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tase

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • tāz
  • /teɪz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪz

1

noun

Meaning 1

An electric shock administered with a taser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: зашеметявам с електрошок (zašemetjavam s elektrošok) — To shock with a stun gun
  • Finnish: käyttää tyrmäysasetta — To shock with a stun gun
  • French: taser — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: electrocutar con pistola — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: electrodisparar — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: disparar con taser (téiser) — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: disparar con paralizadora — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: disparar con inmovilizadora — To shock with a stun gun
  • Spanish: disparar con electrocutadora — To shock with a stun gun