Zap

//zæp//

Synonyms for "zap" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Verb(5 words)

atomise atomize channel hop channel surf channel-surf

Noun(1 words)

beep

blast blot out bump off call off cancel complete croak

Strong matches (19)

delete dispatch dispose of do in drop the curtain end off erase expunge extinguish finalize finish fix fold fold up get get it over get over with

Verb(2 words)

electrify electrocute

Related words (31)

get through get through with give the business give the quietus gun down hit ice kayo kibosh kill knock out ko lay out microwave nuke off perfect polish off put paid to rub out

Show 7 more words

scrag settle shoot shoot down take care of waste wipe out

Verb(4 words)

micro-cook microwave nuke vaporize

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

9 entries

affect bomb bombard cook event impress kill move strike

Synonyms

2 entries

microwave nuke

Related terms

1 entries

Zap flap

derived

4 entries

brain zap zap 'em up zap over zap up

has context

3 entries

military slang us

is a

2 entries

company event

manner of

2 entries

affect kill

related to

21 entries

activism channel charge damage delete demonstration discard discharge electricity electrostatic eliminate embarrass energy kill microwave oven north dakota

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

40 translations across 13 languages.

Catalan

2 entries

fiblada noun (electrical shock)
fer zàping verb (change channels repeatedly)

Dutch

1 entries

zappen verb (change channels repeatedly)

Esperanto

1 entries

zapi verb (change channels repeatedly)

French

3 entries

enlever verb (delete (electronic media))
faire du zapping verb (change channels repeatedly)
zapper verb (change channels repeatedly)

Galician

1 entries

zapear verb (change channels repeatedly)

German

3 entries

(elektrischer) Schlag noun (electrical shock)
Funkenschlag noun (sound)
zappen verb (change channels repeatedly)

Italian

2 entries

zaff intj (representing the sound of a zap)
scossa noun (electrical shock)

Japanese

3 entries

なぐる verb (strike with energy)
削除する verb (delete (electronic media))
殺す verb (strike with energy)

Polish

4 entries

trzask intj (representing the sound of a zap)
porażenie prądem noun (electrical shock)
trzask noun (sound)
błyskać verb (make a zapping sound)

Portuguese

3 entries

fazer zapping verb (change channels repeatedly)
zapar verb (change channels repeatedly)
zapear verb (change channels repeatedly)

Spanish

3 entries

corrientazo noun (electrical shock)
hacer zapping verb (change channels repeatedly)
zapear verb (change channels repeatedly)

Swedish

3 entries

pang intj (representing the sound of a zap)
mikra verb (heat in a microwave oven)
zappa verb (change channels repeatedly)

Thai

1 entries

จี๊ด intj (representing the sound of a zap)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Zap it in the microwave for thirty seconds.

Source: tatoeba (1999927)

Many Brazilians refer to WhatsApp as "Zap".

Source: tatoeba (8996994)

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

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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