zap

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zapotec.
2. noun A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
3. noun An electric shock.

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

4. noun A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
5. noun The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
6. verb To make a zap sound.
7. verb To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
8. verb To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.

   They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

zapped zapping zaps