Definition of "zap" in Englisch

noun

1. (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.

2. (colloquial) An electric shock.

   • You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.

3. A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.

4. (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a zap sound.

2. To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.

3. To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.

   • They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.

4. (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.

5. (slang, transitive) To do away with something.

6. (slang, transitive) To enliven.

7. (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.

8. (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.

   • I think they zapped the processor.

9. (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.

   • If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.

10. (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).

    • They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.

11. (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).

    • They zapped my motor's magnets.

12. (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.

13. To participate in a zap (protest) against.

interjection

1. Representing the sound or action of a zap.

   • Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.