zap

IPA: zˈæp

(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
(colloquial) An electric shock.
A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
(slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
A city and town in North Dakota.

(intransitive) To make a zap sound.
To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
(US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
(slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
(slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
(slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
(slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
(Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
To participate in a zap (protest) against.

Examples of "zap" in Sentences

An incontrovertible supply of bang and zap is important.
Their data does not shed much light on the early code, consisting of prebiotically available amino acids-the kind generated in Stanley Miller's famous "zap" - experiment.
We also should recognize SF as the source of zap, which is used as noun, verb, and interjection to indicate ` sudden power '(n.), to ` kill in a burst' (v.), or the ` sound effect for sudden destruction '
And when such a zap is administered to an unsuspecting, coin-bearing beverage-seeker, a funny thing happens -- dozens of teeny plastic light-up ray guns in the box simultaneously fire a deafening cacophony of BEEYOOO BEEYOOO PATOW PATOW BEEYOOO!