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Definitions for Zap

[1] to kill or shoot.
[2] to attack, defeat, or destroy with sudden speed and force.
[3] to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc.
[4] to strike or jolt suddenly and forcefully.
[5] to cook in a microwave oven.
[6] to skip over or delete (TV commercials), as by switching channels or pushing a fast-forward button on a playback device: We recorded the show on our VCR but zapped all the commercials.
[7] to add a sudden infusion of energy, verve, color, attractiveness, or the like (often followed by up ): just the thing to zap up your spring wardrobe.
[8] to move quickly, forcefully, or destructively: high-voltage currents zapping overhead.
[9] force, energy, or drive; zip.
[10] a jolt or charge, as or as if of electricity.
[11] a forceful and sudden blow, hit, or attack.
[12] any method of political activism, usually of a disruptive nature.
[13] (tr) to attack, kill, or destroy, as with a sudden bombardment
[14] (intr) to move quickly; rush
[15] (tr) computing to clear from the screen to erase
[16] (intr) television to change channels rapidly by remote control
[17] energy, vigour, or pep
[18] an exclamation used to express sudden or swift action

Words related to Zap

kill, terminate, slaughter, exterminate

Words nearby Zap

zanu pf, zanuck, zany, zanzibar, zanzibari, zap, zap out, zapata, zapata mustache, zapata, emiliano, zapateado

Origin of Zap

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; imitative

Other words from Zap

zap·per , noun

Word origin for Zap

C20: of imitative origin

Synonyms for Zap

exterminate, kill, slaughter, terminate, kill off