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Zapper

Definition: Zapper

Zapper

Noun

1. 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.
 


Modern Usage: Zapper

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Big Zapper (1973)

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

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Commercial Usage: Zapper

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dapper Zapper Creative Microwave Cooking (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Usage Frequency: Zapper

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Zapper

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

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.

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Modern Translation: Zapper

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

Bulgarian 

  

силен критика, силен критик. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apperzay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Zapper

Derivations

Words beginning with "zapper": zappers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Anagrams: Zapper

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.

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INDEX

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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