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stun gun

noun

  1. a battery-powered, handheld weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, especially by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury.
  2. any of various handheld weapons that shoot small pellet-filled bags, tranquilizer darts, darts attached to electric wires, or the like to immobilize a person or animal briefly and without injury.


stun gun

noun

  1. a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stun gun1

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

They acquired the tools to accomplish the deed, including a stun gun and the chemical means to anesthetize their victims.

A second officer attempted to “stun gun” him on the thigh but failed to make contact, the report says.

When the man attempted to bite an officer, the latter used the stun gun and was surprised when the man briefly ignited.

Ramsey investigators said the marks could have been made by a jolt from a certain kind of stun gun.

The Garridos paralyzed her with a stun gun, forced her into their car, and sped off, hiding her under a blanket.

It was impossible to align the sights of his stun gun with any of those flitting shadows, Raf discovered.

Once more the party was alert, ready for trouble, and taking his cue from them, he kept his stun gun in his hand.

For the first time Raf noticed that his human companion now held one of the knives of the merpeople, and he drew his stun gun.

Knock him out with a stun gun and then pump him full of comatol.

His gun wavered, and Houston fired quickly with his stun gun.

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