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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#m1)

2) (informal) To give a small electric shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#m2)

3) (informal) To heat food in a microwave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#m3)

4) (informal) To move or send quickly: zap a message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#m4)

5) (interjection) A sound word for a sudden flash or hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x1)
- Zap the soup in the microwave for two minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x2)
- I got zapped by static when I touched the door handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x3)
- The game lets you zap monsters for points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x4)
- Zap! The lights went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x5)
- The teacher zapped the photos to our class page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.