Definition of "zapper"

zapper

/ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/

noun
plural zappers
1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television.
2. (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes.
  Quotations
  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.
  2005, Robert Wood, Pushing Envelopes, page 51
3. (colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.
  Quotations
  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 […]
  1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140
  You are going to go from being a toxic-thought overreactor to a toxic-thought zapper.
  2009, Jeffrey Bernstein, Liking the Child You Love
4. (slang) A microwave oven.
  Quotations
  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.
  2011, Bob Cohn, To Catch a Catch, page 49