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Definition: Zapper |
ZapperNoun1. An electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; "a bug zapper". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Big Zapper (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| "Zapper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zapper" is used about 7 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ad zapper | 466 | insect zapper | 19 |
zapper | 442 | electronic bug zapper | 17 |
bug zapper | 438 | hulda clark zapper | 17 |
mosquito zapper | 104 | bug indoor zapper | 14 |
pop up zapper | 102 | clark zapper | 14 |
ad free zapper | 95 | electric bug zapper | 13 |
banner zapper | 62 | cheat zapper | 13 |
rat zapper | 57 | ad download free zapper | 11 |
add zapper | 57 | pop up ad zapper | 10 |
popup zapper | 43 | message zapper | 10 |
sunbeam bug zapper | 37 | hulda zapper | 10 |
stinger bug zapper | 29 | partition zapper | 10 |
electronic zapper | 26 | ad comet zapper | 10 |
parasite zapper | 25 | rechargeable bug zapper | 9 |
free pop up zapper | 24 | resume zapper | 9 |
tele zapper | 24 | free popup zapper | 9 |
fly zapper | 22 | bug flowtron zapper | 8 |
phone zapper | 20 | racquet zapper | 8 |
ad starware zapper | 20 | game zapper | 8 |
ad download zapper | 20 | bug portable sunbeam zapper | 8 |
ad comet cursor zapper | 8 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "zapper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | силен критика, силен критик. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | apperzay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zapper": zappers. (additional references) | |
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"Zapper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: zapa, zape, zaper, zappa, zeper, zippee, zippel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-p-r-z" | |
-1 letter: paper. | |
-2 letters: aper, pare, pear, perp, prep, prez, rape, raze, reap, repp. | |
-3 letters: ape, are, ear, era, pap, par, pea, pep, per, rap, rep, zap. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-p-r-z" | |
+1 letter: apprize, zappers, zappier. | |
+2 letters: apprized, apprizer, apprizes. | |
+3 letters: appetizer, apprizers, pauperize. | |
+4 letters: appetizers, pauperized, pauperizes, piperazine, popularize. | |
+5 letters: pauperizing, piperazines, popularized, popularizer, popularizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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