bug zapper

English

bug zapper

Etymology

From bug +‎ zapper.

Noun

bug zapper (plural bug zappers)

1. An electrical-discharge insect-control device that attracts flying insects with ultraviolet light and electrocutes ("zaps") them with a high voltage.
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   • 2026 July 17, Gillian Tett, “The dangers of investor fatalism”, in Financial Times‎^[1], London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC:

     […] institutional investors keep gobbling up tech, since those that shunned US tech stocks in the past suffered a “bug zapper” of underperformance, said Michael Cembalest of JPMorgan.

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Related terms

• like a bug to a zapper

Translations

insect-control device

• Finnish: sähkökäyttöinen hyönteisansa, sähköansa
• German: elektrischer Insektenvernichter m