pepper spray

See also: pepper-spray

English

Alternative forms

• pepper-spray

Pronunciation

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Noun

pepper spray (usually uncountable, plural pepper sprays)

1. A non-lethal chemical agent derived from peppers used in riot control and personal self-defense.

   Synonyms: capsicum spray, OC gas, OC spray, pepper gas

   Coordinate term: mace

   The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

Translations

non-lethal riot-control agent

• Arabic: رشاش الفلفل
• Bengali: পিপার স্প্রে (pipar spre)
• Catalan: gas pebre
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 胡椒噴霧／胡椒喷雾 (wu⁴ ziu¹ pan³ mou⁶)

  Mandarin: 胡椒噴霧／胡椒喷雾 (hújiāo pēnwù)

• Czech: pepřový sprej, pepřák (cs) m (colloquial)
• Danish: peberspray
• Dutch: pepperspray (nl)
• Finnish: pippurisumute, paprikasumutin (fi)
• French: gaz poivre (fr) m, gaz poivré (fr) m, poivre de Cayenne (fr) m
• Georgian: წიწაკის სპრეი (c̣ic̣aḳis sṗrei)
• German: Pfefferspray (de) n
• Hebrew: תרסיס פלפל
• Hungarian: paprikaspray, paprikaspré, paprikaszpré
• Icelandic: piparúði m
• Italian: gas OC
• Japanese: トウガラシスプレー (tōgarashi supurē)
• Korean: 후추 스프레이 (huchu seupeurei), 페퍼 스프레이 (pepeo seupeurei)
• Malay: penyembur lada
• Malayalam: പെപ്പർ സ്പ്രേ (peppaṟ sprē)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: pepperspray
• Persian: اسپری فلفل
• Polish: gaz pieprzowy
• Portuguese: spray de pimenta
• Russian: олеорези́н ка́псикум m (oleorezín kápsikum), перцо́вый аэрозо́ль m (percóvyj aerozólʹ), перцо́вый газ m (percóvyj gaz)
• Spanish: aerosol de pimienta
• Swedish: pepparsprej (sv) c
• Telugu: పెప్పర్ స్ప్రే (peppar sprē)
• Thai: สเปรย์พริกไทย
• Turkish: biber gazı (tr), biber spreyi
• Vietnamese: bình xịt hơi cay

Verb

pepper spray (third-person singular simple present pepper sprays, present participle pepper spraying, simple past and past participle pepper sprayed)

1. (transitive) To douse (someone or something) with pepper spray.

See also

• capsaicin