1. a thing you use for changing channels on a television from a distance, remote control2. a piece of electrical equipment that attracts and kills insects
an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; "a bug zapper
A zapper is a small device that you use to control a television, video, or stereo from a distance. = remote control
{i} remote control which operates a television or a VCR and the like; electrical apparatus that can hurt or kill by way of electric currents; electronic device intended to attract and kill bugs and insects; low voltage device (invented by Dr. Hulda Clark) that is believed to kill bacteria and viruses and parasites with electrical energy and does not damage or injure human tissue; person who changes channels regularly during television advertisements
an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; "a bug zapper"