Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectoblaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-to-blaster
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.

Example Sentences

"A scaly hand grabbed Gloom's ecto-blaster and pulled it from its holster. A second ugly Ghoul examined the weapon closely."
"[…] whether he's a prize bare-knuckle fighter who'll beat me to paste then chew off my nose, whether he's an ex-Nazi sympathiser with a secret Thule Society ectoblaster instead of a cock[…]"
"We could use Holtzmann's ecto-blaster thingies right about now."

Etymology

From ecto- + blaster, likely originally coined to describe the "proton packs" and "neutrona wands" in the movie Ghostbusters (1984).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ecto-
Suffix: blaster

Inflected Forms

ectoblasters (plural) ecto-blaster (alternative)

Questions

What does ectoblaster mean?: A fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.
Where does ectoblaster come from?: From ecto- + blaster, likely originally coined to describe the "proton packs" and "neutrona wands" in the movie Ghostbusters (1984).

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