ZAPPER

zapper

(noun) an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; “a bug zapper”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

zapper (plural zappers)

(colloquial) A remote control for a television.

A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.

(figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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