zap

«zap» in Mova's school dictionary: To destroy, kill or hit something quickly, as with a ray… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (zap, zaps, zapped, zapping — informal); noun (a zap); interjection (zap!)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) To destroy, kill or hit something quickly, as with a ray gun or electricity. tree →

2) (informal) To give a small electric shock. tree →

3) (informal) To heat food in a microwave. tree →

4) (informal) To move or send quickly: zap a message. tree →

5) (interjection) A sound word for a sudden flash or hit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In comics, games and stories: aliens zap spaceships. In everyday life: zap leftovers in the microwave. In science and safety: electricity can zap you, so never poke anything into a socket.

examples

• The alien zapped the robot with a laser. tree →
• Zap the soup in the microwave for two minutes. tree →
• I got zapped by static when I touched the door handle. tree →
• The game lets you zap monsters for points. tree →
• Zap! The lights went out. tree →
• The teacher zapped the photos to our class page. tree →

note

Informal. Doubles the p: zapped, zapping. Safety: real electric shocks from plugs or sockets are very dangerous; a static «zap» is only a tiny harmless spark.

In the corpora

• Static shocks from a trampoline can make your hair stand up and give a little zap, but they are harmless.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «zap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.