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zapped

zap
Z z

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [zap]
    • /zæp/
    • /zæp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [zap]
    • /zæp/

Definitions of zapped word

  • verb with object zapped to kill or shoot. 1
  • verb with object zapped to attack, defeat, or destroy with sudden speed and force. 1
  • verb with object zapped to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc. 1
  • verb with object zapped to strike or jolt suddenly and forcefully. 1
  • verb with object zapped to cook in a microwave oven. 1
  • verb with object zapped to skip over or delete (TV commercials), as by switching channels or pushing a fast-forward button on a playback device: We recorded the show on our VCR but zapped all the commercials. 1

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Origin of zapped

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1940-45; imitative

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Zapped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

zapped popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for zapped

verb zapped

  • destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
  • killed — Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
  • annihilated — to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
  • exterminated — Simple past tense and past participle of exterminate.
  • deleted — Simple past tense and past participle of delete.

noun zapped

  • bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
  • blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
  • blew — Blew is the past tense of blow1.
  • glittered — Simple past tense and past participle of glitter.
  • uppercut — a swinging blow directed upward, as to an adversary's chin.

Antonyms for zapped

verb zapped

  • bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • began — Began is the past tense of begin.
  • created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • initiated — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
  • dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!

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