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zap
zap Z0003700 (zăp) Informal v. zapped, zap·ping, zaps v.tr.1. a. To strike (an object or target) with a beam of energy, an electric current, or supernatural power: In the movie, the alien zaps the scientist with a ray gun.b. To expose to radiation, as to cook or examine: zap food in a microwave; zap luggage with x-rays at a security checkpoint.c. In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.2. a. To destroy or kill: "when the dinosaurs got zapped by whatever zapped the dinosaurs" (Laura Kasischke).b. To deplete or obliterate: "His personal funds were zapped in the merger" (Patricia Haley).3. To have a sudden and powerful effect on: "His ... narrative runs marvelously on and on, zapping the reader with often surprising and ... painful glimpses" (Publishers Weekly).v.intr.1. To move swiftly; zoom: zapped into the kitchen for a snack.2. To use a remote control to turn a television set on or off or to switch channels.n.1. A burst or beam of energy, electric current, or other power: a zap of 120 volts.2. A sudden and powerful effect: a zap of fear; a zap of insight.interj. Used to indicate a sudden occurrence.
[Imitative.]zap (zæp) vb, zaps, zapping or zapped1. (Military) (tr) to attack, kill, or destroy, as with a sudden bombardment2. (intr) to move quickly; rush3. (Computer Science) (tr) computing a. to clear from the screenb. to erase4. (Broadcasting) (intr) television to change channels rapidly by remote controlnenergy, vigour, or pepinterjan exclamation used to express sudden or swift action[C20: of imitative origin]zap (zæp)
v. zapped, zap•ping,
n. Informal. v.t. 1. to attack, defeat, destroy, or kill with sudden speed and force. 2. to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, gunfire, etc. 3. to strike or jolt suddenly and forcefully. 4. to skip over or delete (TV commercials), as by switching channels or fast-forwarding a VCR. v.i. 5. to move quickly, forcefully, or destructively. n. 6. force, energy, or drive; zip. 7. a jolt or charge, as of electricity. 8. a forceful and sudden blow, hit, or attack. 9. any of a variety of methods of political activism, usu. of a disruptive nature. [1940–45; imitative] zap′per, n. zap
Past participle: zapped
Gerund: zapping
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| I zap | | you zap | | he/she/it zaps | | we zap | | you zap | | they zap |
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| I zapped | | you zapped | | he/she/it zapped | | we zapped | | you zapped | | they zapped |
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| I am zapping | | you are zapping | | he/she/it is zapping | | we are zapping | | you are zapping | | they are zapping |
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| I have zapped | | you have zapped | | he/she/it has zapped | | we have zapped | | you have zapped | | they have zapped |
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| I was zapping | | you were zapping | | he/she/it was zapping | | we were zapping | | you were zapping | | they were zapping |
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| I had zapped | | you had zapped | | he/she/it had zapped | | we had zapped | | you had zapped | | they had zapped |
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| I will zap | | you will zap | | he/she/it will zap | | we will zap | | you will zap | | they will zap |
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| I will have zapped | | you will have zapped | | he/she/it will have zapped | | we will have zapped | | you will have zapped | | they will have zapped |
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| I will be zapping | | you will be zapping | | he/she/it will be zapping | | we will be zapping | | you will be zapping | | they will be zapping |
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| I have been zapping | | you have been zapping | | he/she/it has been zapping | | we have been zapping | | you have been zapping | | they have been zapping |
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| I will have been zapping | | you will have been zapping | | he/she/it will have been zapping | | we will have been zapping | | you will have been zapping | | they will have been zapping |
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| I had been zapping | | you had been zapping | | he/she/it had been zapping | | we had been zapping | | you had been zapping | | they had been zapping |
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| I would zap | | you would zap | | he/she/it would zap | | we would zap | | you would zap | | they would zap |
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| I would have zapped | | you would have zapped | | he/she/it would have zapped | | we would have zapped | | you would have zapped | | they would have zapped |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | zap - a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"event - something that happens at a given place and time | | Verb | 1. |  zap - strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" | | 2. |  zap - kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"vaporizekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | 3. |  zap - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"nuke, atomise, atomizebomb, bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" | | 4. | zap - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers"micro-cook, microwave, nukecookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
zapverb hit, shoot, blast, kill, destroy, stun, neutralize A guard zapped him with the stun gun.zapverb1. Slang. To cause the death of:carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.Slang: waste.Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.2. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:destroy, finish (off), kill, liquidate, murder, slay.Informal: put away.Slang: bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out.Translationszap (zap) – past tense, past participle zapped – verb1. to kill or destroy, especially in a computer game. (尤指電腦遊戲) 殺害，摧毀 （尤指电脑游戏）攻击，打败 2. to change channels on television with a remote control. 用遙控器轉換電視頻道 以遥控器转换频道zapping noun the act of changing channels with a remote control. 用遙控器轉換電視頻道 以遥控器转换频道（跳过广告节目） zap
zap1. To give someone or something an electrical shock. The wires zapped me when I touched them. I just need to zap the battery to get the car started.2. slang To shoot someone or something with a laser or something like a laser. You have to zap the bad guys in the game with the laser gun! Doctors are trying an experimental procedure where they zap the cancerous tumor with a ray of ionized particles.zap out1. To eliminate something that is unwanted or undesirable using some intense, eradicating energy or force, such as radiation or electricity. The controversial procedure uses a series of controlled electrical shocks to zap out violent or negative impulses. The electromagnetic device claims to zap out 99% of germs in a room after a single 30-second cycle.2. To deplete the resources of someone, something, or oneself. A noun or pronoun can be used between "zap" and "out." The freak snow storm quickly zapped out the city's meager supply of salt used to keep the roads free of ice. The grueling work schedule zapped me out of all my energy.See also: out, zapchannel-zappingQuickly switching between channels on a TV, as while looking for a program to watch. I'm channel-zapping, but it doesn't look like anything good is on.zap outInterrupt or delete unwanted parts of a television program or video, as in We've taped the show and now we can zap out all the commercials. [c. 1980] See also: out, zapchannel hopping and channel surfing and channel zapping n. using a remote control to move quickly from one television channel to another, pausing only a short time on each channel. I wish you would stop channel hopping! He spends more time channel zapping than actually watching. See also: channel, hopchannel zapping verbSee channel hoppingSee also: channel, zapzap1. tv. to shock someone. That fake snake zapped me for a minute. 2. tv. to kill someone. The stress from it all nearly zapped him. 3. tv. to impress someone. My big idea really zapped the boss. I may get a raise. 4. tv. to stun someone with an imaginary ray gun. He zapped me with a water gun. 5. exclam. Wow! (Usually Zap!) He said, “Zap!” indicating that he really liked the present, I guess. 6. tv. to defeat someone or a team. Fred zapped Britney in the spelling bee. 7. in. to zip or move to somewhere very fast. He’s zapping to the drugstore for some aspirin. zapped1. mod. tired; exhausted. I’m too zapped to go on. 2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. We all got zapped and then went home. See also: zapzap
ZAP (language)A language for expressing programtransformations.
["A System for Assisting Program Transformation",M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982].ZAP (2)Zero and Add Packed.zap (jargon)1. To modify, usually to correct; especially usedwhen the action is performed with a debugger or binarypatching tool. Also implies surgical precision. "Zap thedebug level to 6 and run it again."
In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied toprograms or to the operating system with a program called"superzap", whose file name is "IMASPZAP" (possiblycontrived from I M A SuPerZAP).
See also Zero and Add Packed.
2. To fry a chip with static electricity. "Uh oh - I thinkthat lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller."zapA command that typically deletes the data within a file but leaves the file structure intact so that new data can be entered. See wipe.MedicalSeewipeFinancialSeeWipeZAP
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| ZAP➣Zeta-Associated Protein | | ZAP➣Zero Air Pollution (Santa Rosa, California) | | ZAP➣Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (grapes, USA) | | ZAP➣Zone Alarm Pro (Zone Labs) | | ZAP➣Zoning and Planning (various locations) | | ZAP➣Zoo, Arts and Parks (Salt Lake City, UT) | | ZAP➣Zero Accident Program | | ZAP➣Zero Aggression Principle (philosophy; libertarianism) | | ZAP➣Zero and Add Packed (IBM) | | ZAP➣Zeroes Aren’t Permitted (school program) | | ZAP➣Zeta-Chain-Associated Protein Kinase | | ZAP➣Zero-Axial-Parameter (electromagnetics) | | ZAP➣Zone Acquisition Process (F-15 aircraft system) | | ZAP➣Zero Auto Pollution | | ZAP➣Zooming Agility Pups | | ZAP➣Zero Administration Package | | ZAP➣Zone Axis Pattern | | ZAP➣Zone - Area - Province | | ZAP➣Zero Antiaircraft Potential | | ZAP➣ZSU-23-4/SA-9 Attack Package |
zap
Synonyms for zapverb hitSynonyms- hit
- shoot
- blast
- kill
- destroy
- stun
- neutralize
Synonyms for zapverb to cause the death ofSynonyms- carry off
- cut down
- cut off
- destroy
- dispatch
- finish
- kill
- slay
- waste
verb to take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfullySynonyms- destroy
- finish
- kill
- liquidate
- murder
- slay
- put away
- bump off
- do in
- knock off
- off
- rub out
- waste
- wipe out
Synonyms for zapnoun a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impactRelated Wordsverb strike suddenly and with forceRelated Wordsverb kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shootingSynonymsRelated Wordsverb strike at with firepower or bombsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cook or heat in a microwave ovenSynonymsRelated Words- cookery
- cooking
- preparation
- cook
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