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Definition: Zap |
ZapVerb1. 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. |
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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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| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ZAP | English | Zero air pollution | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ZapSynonyms: atomise (v), atomize (v), micro-cook (v), microwave (v), nuke (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zap |
| Specialty definitions using "zap": laser chicken ♦ Program Temporary Fix ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zap" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Turkmen (strong). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Zap Sap (1967) Herman Zap (1996) Sexy Zap (1995) Hollywood Zap (1995) Zap (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & 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. |
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| Zap. | |
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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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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 35.29% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 26.47% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.59% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.65% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Zap, ND (city, FIPS 88140) |
Expressions using "zap": Flap & Zap ♦ to zap ♦ zap along ♦ zap smb. ♦ zap up. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
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 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| 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 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) 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) 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) 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) knäppa (buckle, button, click, do up, fasten, fillip, flick, flip, knock off, plug, pot, snap, thrum, twang). (various references) 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) конфронтація (confrontation), енергія (activity, bang, birr, dash, energy, might, nerve, oomph, punch, push, sappiness, spring, vim, whiz, whizz, will, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zap": zapateado, zapateados, zapateo, zapateos, zapped, zapper, zappers, zappier, zappiest, zapping, zappy, zaps, zaptiah, zaptiahs, zaptieh, zaptiehs. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zap" (pronounced za"p) |
| 2 | -a" p | cap, 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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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. | |
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