[zap] 
verb, zapped, zap⋅ping, noun Informal.| 1. | to kill or shoot. |
| 2. | to attack, defeat, or destroy with sudden speed and force. |
| 3. | to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc. |
| 4. | to strike or jolt suddenly and forcefully. |
| 5. | to cook in a microwave oven. |
| 6. | 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. |
| 7. | to add a sudden infusion of energy, verve, color, attractiveness, or the like (often fol. by up): just the thing to zap up your spring wardrobe. |
| 8. | to move quickly, forcefully, or destructively: high-voltage currents zapping overhead. |
| 9. | force, energy, or drive; zip. |
| 10. | a jolt or charge, as or as if of electricity. |
| 11. | a forceful and sudden blow, hit, or attack. |
| 12. | any method of political activism, usually of a disruptive nature. |
| zap·per (zāp'ər) n. Slang
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