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Zap

//zæp// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Representing the sound or action of a zap.

    "Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and town in North Dakota.
Noun
  1. 1
    A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy. colloquial
  2. 2
    a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact wordnet
  3. 3
    An electric shock. colloquial

    "You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry."

  4. 4
    A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.

    "Black AIDS activists were caught in the middle of a nearly yearlong series of zaps."

  5. 5
    The act of heating something in a microwave oven. slang

    "The guest immediately asked the bartender to give his drink a zap in the microwave oven behind him […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make a zap sound. intransitive
  2. 2
    cook or heat in a microwave oven wordnet
  3. 3
    To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
  4. 4
    strike at with firepower or bombs wordnet
  5. 5
    To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.

    "They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion."

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  1. 6
    kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting wordnet
  2. 7
    To kill; to eliminate. US, slang, transitive

    "Says a U. S. officer: "We zapped the enemy, now we intend to stick around. […]"

  3. 8
    strike suddenly and with force wordnet
  4. 9
    To do away with something. slang, transitive
  5. 10
    To enliven. slang, transitive
  6. 11
    To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame. slang, transitive
  7. 12
    To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge. slang, transitive

    "I think they zapped the processor."

  8. 13
    To heat (something) in a microwave oven. slang, transitive

    "If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more."

  9. 14
    To delete or discard (electronic media). slang, transitive

    "They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately."

  10. 15
    To further energize or charge (magnetic material). slang, transitive

    "They zapped my motor's magnets."

  11. 16
    To photocopy. Singapore, informal, transitive

    "Got to go and zap this document now."

  12. 17
    To participate in a zap (protest) against.

    "We are periodically assailed with appeals to help block this or censor that or zap the other media presentation which one or other of us thinks (often with justice) is injurious to gays or others."

Etymology

Etymology 1

1920s, American English, of imitative origin.

Etymology 2

1920s, American English, of imitative origin.

Etymology 3

1920s, American English, of imitative origin.

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