stun-gun

stun gun

noun
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, especially 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.

Origin:
1965–70

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stun gun
 
n
a device designed to immobilize an animal or person temporarily without inflicting serious injury

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