ZAP (zapped, zapping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does zap mean?
• ZAP (noun)
The noun ZAP has 1 sense:
1. a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
Familiarity information: ZAP used as a noun is very rare.
• ZAP (verb)
The verb ZAP has 4 senses:
1. strike suddenly and with force
2. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
3. strike at with firepower or bombs
4. cook or heat in a microwave oven
Familiarity information: ZAP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ZAP (noun)
Meaning:
A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
they gave it another zap of radiation
Hypernyms ("zap" is a kind of...):
event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• ZAP (verb)
Meaning:
Strike suddenly and with force
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes
Hypernyms (to "zap" is one way to...):
affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
vaporize; zap
Context example:
in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens
Hypernyms (to "zap" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Strike at with firepower or bombs
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
nuke; atomize; atomise; zap
Context example:
zap the enemy
Hypernyms (to "zap" is one way to...):
bomb; bombard (throw bombs at or attack with bombs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cook or heat in a microwave oven
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
micro-cook; microwave; nuke; zap
Context example:
You can microwave the leftovers
Hypernyms (to "zap" is one way to...):
cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs zap the vegetables
