1. a remote control device for a television or other electronic device
Usage: informal
2. a device that kills insects using electricity

Examples

• I can’t find the TV zapper anywhere.
• He grabbed the zapper and changed the channel.
• The zapper’s batteries are dead.
• We hung a bug zapper on the porch to keep mosquitoes away.
• The electric zapper killed dozens of flies overnight.
• She pointed the zapper at the stereo to turn up the volume.
• The outdoor zapper attracts insects with its blue light.