Meaning of zapper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A remote control for a television.
   colloquial
2. A device that electrifies or electrocutes.
   colloquial
3. Anything that exterminates.
   broadly, colloquial, figuratively
4. A microwave oven.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.”

“Miranda is not the sort of person to carry a zapper but she has an oar that would cause a dog a lot more grief if it caught it full on.”

“If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]”

“You are going to go from being a toxic-thought overreactor to a toxic-thought zapper.”

“I hate to spoil your microwave testimonial, but they were actually cooked in the regular oven this morning and just re-heated in the zapper.”

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