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ALL meanings of zapper

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  • noun zapper device for killing insects 1
  • noun zapper A remote control for a television, video, or other piece of electronic equipment. 1
  • noun zapper TV remote control 1
  • verb with object zapper to kill or shoot. 1
  • verb with object zapper to attack, defeat, or destroy with sudden speed and force. 1
  • verb with object zapper to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc. 1
  • verb with object zapper to strike or jolt suddenly and forcefully. 1
  • verb with object zapper to cook in a microwave oven. 1
  • verb with object zapper 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
  • verb with object zapper to add a sudden infusion of energy, verve, color, attractiveness, or the like (often followed by up): just the thing to zap up your spring wardrobe. 1
  • verb without object zapper to move quickly, forcefully, or destructively: high-voltage currents zapping overhead. 1
  • noun zapper force, energy, or drive; zip. 1
  • noun zapper a jolt or charge, as or as if of electricity. 1
  • noun zapper a forceful and sudden blow, hit, or attack. 1
  • noun zapper any method of political activism, usually of a disruptive nature. 1
  • noun zapper (Colloquial) A remote control for a television. 0
  • noun zapper A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper. 0
  • noun zapper (figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates. 0
  • countable noun zapper A zapper is a small device that you use to control a television, video, or stereo from a distance. 0
  • noun zapper a small device that one uses to control a television, video, or stereo from a distance 0
  • noun zapper an electrical device that kills insects 0
  • noun zapper something, esp. an electronic device, that zaps 0
  • noun zapper remote control (sense 2) 0
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