| 1. | a battery-powered, hand-held weapon that fires an electric charge when held against a person and activated by a trigger or button, used, esp. by police, to immobilize a person briefly and without injury. |
| 2. | any of various hand-held 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 n. A weapon designed to stun or temporarily immobilize a victim, especially by delivering a high-voltage electric shock. |