stunrod

English

Etymology

From stun +‎ rod.

Noun

stunrod (plural stunrods)

  1. (science fiction, weaponry) A baton that delivers an electric shock upon striking someone or something.
    • 1996, Paul Chafe, Mission Critical: Death of the Phoenix - A Novel‎[1], →ISBN, page 92:
      One of Checker's monitors unbolted a hatch set in the middle of the grate while two more drew stunrods and stood guard.
    • 2007, Kristin Landon, The Hidden Worlds‎[2], →ISBN, page 147:
      Outside stood two tall men, anonymous in black shock armor, their stunrods loose in their hands.
    • 2016 July 8, Fey Truet, Altered World‎[3], →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      They sentenced him to the Gate a little while after I moved over there, and, when he figured out I was there as well, he and his little band of delinquent Enforcers used their authority to make my life Hell. Any little thing, and at every petty little turn, if I did something he disapproved of, which was everything, he'd set his stunrod on low and hit me.
    • 2017 September 19, Ryan Graudin, Invictus‎[4], →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      She saw Ackerman's stunrod before she saw him.
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