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Zap

Definition: Zap

Zap

Verb

1. Strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes".

2. Kill with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting.

3. Strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy".

4. Cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Zap

DomainDefinition

Computing

Zap 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3. vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food spicy. (Most hackers love spicy food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you wipe your nose for the rest of the meal.) See zapped. 4. vt. To modify, usually to correct; esp. used when the action is performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical precision. "Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again." In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a program called `superzap', whose file name is `IMASPZAP' (possibly contrived from I M A SuPerZAP). 5. vt. To erase or reset. 6. To fry a chip with static electricity. "Uh oh -- I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller.". Source: Jargon File.

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Specialty Definition: Zap, North Dakota

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Zap is a city located in Mercer County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 231.

Geography


Zap is located at 47°17'14" North, 101°55'26" West (47.287157, -101.923787)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 231 people, 101 households, and 68 families residing in the city. The population density is 85.8/km² (221.8/mi²). There are 129 housing units at an average density of 47.9/km² (123.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.24% White, 0.00% African American, 3.90% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 101 households out of which 25.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% are married couples living together, 4.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% are non-families. 29.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.29 and the average family size is 2.78. In the city the population is spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 33.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,536, and the median income for a family is $34,063. Males have a median income of $30,625 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,175. 10.9% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.6% are under the age of 18 and 18.2% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zap, North Dakota."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Zap

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ZAP

EnglishZero air pollutionN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Zap

Synonyms: atomise (v), atomize (v), micro-cook (v), microwave (v), nuke (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Zap

Specialty definitions using "zap": laser chickenProgram Temporary FixTLAs. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Zap" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Turkmen (strong).

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Modern Usage: Zap

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Zap Sap (1967)

Herman Zap (1996)

Sexy Zap (1995)

Hollywood Zap (1995)

Zap (1994)

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Commercial Usage: Zap

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Zap

Computer Images:
Zap

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Photo Album: Zap

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Dolina r. Zap. Dagomys. Vdali gora Fisht. Credit: Library of Congress.

G. Torzhok. Vid s zap. storony. Rieka Tvertsa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Obshchii vid Golutvinskago muzhskogo monastyria s zap. Sobor prep. Sergiia Radonezhskago. [Kolomna]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Miesto istoka Zap. Dviny okolo der. Kariakino v 3-kh verst. ot oz. Peno Tversk. gub. Ostashkovsk. uiezda. Raion Volgi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Zap".

PlayCaption
Zap.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Zap

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Croatia

That system is being decentralized now, and the transfer of corporate transactions from ZAP to banks will take place first with individual accounts to follow. (references)

Croatia

The IMF is working with ZAP, CNB and the Ministry of Finance to phase-in reforms since downsizing ZAP's sizable workforce will have significant social ramifications. (references)

Croatia

A unique feature of the former Yugoslavia was the payments system; all payments were required to be conducted through the payments bureau (Zavod za Platni Promet, ZAP). (references)

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Usage Frequency: Zap

"Zap" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 35.29% of the time. "Zap" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)35.29%12101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)26.47%9117,287
Noun (singular)20.59%7133,076
Noun (proper)17.65%6143,867
                    Total100.00%34N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Zap


1. Zap, ND (city, FIPS 88140)
Location: 47.28476 N, 101.92189 W
Population (1990): 287 (162 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58580
Country: USA

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Expressions: Zap

Expressions using "zap": Flap & Zap to zap zap along zap smb. zap up. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Zap

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

zip zap

450

zip zap racer

18

zap

285

boards skim zap

18

zap skimboards

71

placer zap

17

game zap zip

71

zap data

17

paintball zap

54

word zap

17

rally street zap zip

53

no tv zap

14

zap it

52

zap comix

14

zap mama

42

rally zap zip

13

2 it zap

39

zap wrap

13

no zap

39

game racing zap zip

12

zip zap car

37

2fast 2furious zap zip

12

zap cleaner

37

zap the gap

12

zap tv

35

zap zits

12

2 2 fast furious zap zip

34

roger zap

11

zap a spot

29

2 2 fast furious game zap zip

11

phone zap

26

zap electric scooter

11

2 zap zip

25

mods zap zip

11

racing zap zip

21

zap scooter

10

zap comic

21

zap paintball gun

10

zap zone

19

agency world zap

10
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Modern Translation: Zap

Language Translations for "zap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, dispatch, do away with, drop, finish, finish off, get, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, slay, stab, stone to death, waste), shkatërroj (bash up, blow away, break to pieces, bust up, cast down, consume, crock, dash, decimate, defeat, demolish, depauperate, depredate, destroy, do for, do in, eat, erode, explode, flatten, gut, kill, level, rase, ravage, raze, rout, ruin, shake down, shatter, sink, smash, smite, subvert, take away, tear to pieces, throw down, trample down, unbuild, vandalize, wreck), qëroj (blanch, clean, clear, cut out, decorticate, dress, finger, Hull, mulct, pare, Peel, pick, pick off, pinch, poach, rind, scale, shell, waste, whip), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck), habis (amuse, astonish, astound, bemuse, confound, daze, dazzle, knock, wow), bombardoj (bomb, bombard, glide-bomb, pelt, ply, pound, prang, shell). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

убивам (account for, assassinate, dispose of, do in, end, finish, fix, kill, lay out, liquidate, murder, pip, polish off, pop off, pot, push off, put away, put to death, quench, remove, rub out, shoot up, slay, snuff out, starve, strike down, wipe out), удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zip), раз-два, нападки (attacks, invective, oppugnancy), нападам с думи, нападам (assault, attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, insult, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, rabble, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strike, strongarm, turn on, turn upon, walk into), живост (activity, agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility), енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zip), бия (bang, beat, chime, club, curry, feeze, go, hammer, hide, hit, kill, knoll, lace, lather, lay, lick, maul, palpitate, peal, pelt, pulsate, pulse, ram, ramrod, ring, rough up, shoot, strike, swingle, thrash, thresh, wallop, welt, whale, whip, whop), повалям (blow down, bring down, deck, drop, fell, flatten, fling down, floor, hew, knock down, lay low, lay out, level, overthrow, pole-ax, precipitate, prostrate, run down, shoot down, stretch out, strike, strike down, throw down, tumble down), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst), пляс (flop, plop, slap, smack, swash), движа се много бързо. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zapping (zapping), zappen, zap (zapping). (various references)

   

French

  

zapper (to zap). (various references)

   

German

  

löschen (amortize, blot, blow out, clear, close, deaden, delete, discharge, erase, erasure, expunge, extinguish, kill, land, pay off, put out, quench, redeem, rub off, rub out, scratch, slake, souse, strike off, switch out, to delete, to erase, to expunge, to extinguish, to kill, to slake, turn off, unload, unship, wipe out). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

támad (assault, attack, to attack, to charge, to get up, to spring up). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyerang (assail, beset, besiege, oppugn). (various references)

   

Italian

  

eliminare - uccidere - sfrecciare, eliminare (cut out, eliminate, eliminating, get rid of, redress, remove, stamp out), cancellare (blot, cancel, cross out, delete, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, obliterate, rub off, rub out, score off, scratch out, stop, strike off, strike out, wipe out). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apzay

   

Portuguese

  

dar um tiro, apagar (abrade, dele, delete, douse, efface, erase, extinguish, obliterate, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn off, turn out, wipe off). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стирать (delete, efface, erase, erasing, obliterate, rub, rub out, wash, wear away, wear down, wear off, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipes), затирать (clobber, overwrite). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ubiti (assassinate, bag, bump off, cut down, do away, do away with, kill, make away, murder, put away, slay, wipe out), tući (beat, fight, pound, thwack). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

zas (bang, smack, wallop), ir corriendo (whip round), correr (blow, chase, draw, flow, gallop, go about, go around, go it, go round, hare, hie, hurry, lap, nip, pour, publish, race, run, run along, scour, scud, scurry, scuttle, shoot, slide, stream, travel), cargarse (bump off, knock off, load, waste), borrar (cross out, delete, destroy, dim, efface, erase, expunge, expurgate, obliterate, rub out, scratch, scratch out, strike off, strike out, wipe out, write away, write off). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

knäppa (buckle, button, click, do up, fasten, fillip, flick, flip, knock off, plug, pot, snap, thrum, twang). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack), kanal değiştirmek, hücum etmek (assail, assault, attack, charge, fall on, make an assault, raid, rush, storm, thrust, thrust into), gebertmek (do in, kill), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

конфронтація (confrontation), енергія (activity, bang, birr, dash, energy, might, nerve, oomph, punch, push, sappiness, spring, vim, whiz, whizz, will, zest). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Zap

Derivations

Words beginning with "zap": zapateado, zapateados, zapateo, zapateos, zapped, zapper, zappers, zappier, zappiest, zapping, zappy, zaps, zaptiah, zaptiahs, zaptieh, zaptiehs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Zap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azab, azap, azl, azp, azz, bzip, gzip, lzap, Ozep, qzip, tzap, zaa, zab, zac, zad, zadp, zae, zaf, zah, zai, zak, zal, zam, zan, zao, zapa, zape, zaph, zapo, zapp, zappa, zapt, zaq, zar, zas, zat, zau, zav, zaw, zay, zaz, ze, zeab, zeap, zeb, zef, zeg, zeh, zeip, zej, zek, zepe, zepo, zepp, zeq, zev, zex, zey, zi, zia, zib, zih, zij, zik, zimp, zipa, zipe, Zipf, zipi, zipo, zipp, zipt, ziq, ziu, ziv, ziw, ziy, zoap, zop, zpa, zup, zurp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Zap"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "zap" (pronounced za"p)
2-a" pcap, chap, clap, crap, entrap, flap, frap, gap, hap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, unwrap, wrap, yap.

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Anagrams: Zap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-p-z"

-1 letter: pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-p-z"
 

+1 letter: spaz, zaps.

 

+2 letters: pizza, plaza, topaz, zappy.

 

+3 letters: epizoa, gazump, hutzpa, panzer, patzer, pazazz, piazza, piazze, pizazz, pizzas, plazas, upgaze, zapped, zapper.

 

+4 letters: apprize, baptize, capsize, chutzpa, epazote, gazumps, hutzpah, hutzpas, palazzi, palazzo, panzers, patzers, piazzas, pizazzy, pizzazz, spatzle, spazzes, topazes, trapeze, upgazed, upgazes, zapateo, zappers, zappier, zapping, zaptiah, zaptieh.

 

+5 letters: aphorize, apprized, apprizer, apprizes, baptized, baptizer, baptizes, caponize, capsized, capsizes, chutzpah, chutzpas, diazepam, epazotes, gazpacho, gazumped, gazumper, hepatize, hutzpahs, japanize, marzipan, oxazepam, paganize, palazzos, paralyze, parazoan, partizan, patinize, pazazzes, penalize, phenazin, pizazzes, pizzazzy, pizzeria, polarize, polyzoan, pozzolan, protozoa, spaetzle, spatzles, sporozoa, topazine, trapezes, trapezia, trapezii, upgazing, vaporize, zapateos, zappiest, zaptiahs, zaptiehs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Cities
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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