- zap⇄interj. 1. the sound of a sudden slap, blow, blast, etc.
2. an exclamation, as of surprise.
Ex. ""Zap!"" he thought. ""Wrong vaccine"" (Time). - zap⇄noun vitality; force; zip.
Ex. The heat's too much and the gin's lost its zap (New York Times). - zap⇄noun zapper.
- zap⇄v.i. to move very fast; zip; zoom.
Ex. curious low cars blatting and zapping before us (Atlantic). - zap⇄v.t. 1. to hit with, or as if with, a hard blow.
2. to kill.
Ex. With its pistol grip and nubby barrel, the instrument looks like the handy ray gun with which Buck Rogers and Wilma used to zap Killer Kane (Time).
3. to beat; defeat. - zap⇄zap, interjection, verb, zapped,zapping,noun.
(Slang.)