zap

1. 1.

   a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

   “they gave it another zap of radiation”

   Broaderevent

Other forms of zap

plural

zaps·

past tense or participle

zapped

present participle

zapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zap

What does zap mean?

zap means "strike suddenly and with force". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zap?

zap has 1 syllable: zap. In IPA it is /ˈzæp/.

What is another word for zap?

Close synonyms include vaporize, nuke, atomize, atomise, microwave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zap a common word?

zap is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.