zap

noun · verb · interjectionA1

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noun

Plural noun:

zaps

1.
(colloquial)A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
2.
(colloquial)An electric shock.
You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.
3.
A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
4.
(slang)The act of heating something in a microwave oven.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

zaps

V_ing/Gerund

zapping

V_ed/pp

zapped

1.
(intransitive)To make a zap sound.
2.
To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
Đồng nghĩa: channel surf, channel hop
3.
To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
4.
(US, slang, transitive)(US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
5.
(slang, transitive)To do away with something.
6.
(slang, transitive)To enliven.
7.
(slang, transitive)To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
8.
(slang, transitive)To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
I think they zapped the processor.
9.
(slang, transitive)To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
10.
(slang, transitive)To delete or discard (electronic media).
They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
11.
(slang, transitive)To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
They zapped my motor's magnets.
12.
(Singapore, informal, transitive)To photocopy.
13.
To participate in a zap (protest) against.

interjection

interjection

zap!

1.
Representing the sound or action of a zap.
Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

channel surfchannel hop

Cùng gốc / liên quan

brain zap

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Nguồn gốc từ

1920s, American English, of origin.