zap
IPA: zˈæp
noun
- (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.
verb
- (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
- Just zap them and be done with it.
- Pls zap it and replace with the above.
- Then the next passing admin will zap it.
- If it becomes a problem someone will zap it.
- The event promises to be a zap and conquer bacchanal.
- The harpoon attracts lightning which zaps the coyote.
- Then the zapped acorn ends up in the credits of the film.
- I thought maybe they were waiting for a third party to zap the interloper.
- If I were the autocrat of WP, I'd just zap the history without hesitation.