zap

/zap/

US pronunciation

American sound/zap/

zap

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> zap

Myanmar meaning

တိုက်ခိုက်သည်။ သတ်ဖြတ်သည်။

Full entry

zap /zæp/ v (-pp- ) (infml )

၁။ ~ sb (with sth) သတ်သည်။ မေ့မြောသွားစေသည်။ He looked like a man zapped with 1000 volts.
၂။ ဖျက်ဆီးသည်။ နိုင်အောင်လုပ်သည်။ The radar got zapped. ❍ It's vital to zap stress fast.
၃။ (တီဗွီ၊ ကွန်ပျူတာ) ပိတ်သည်။
၄။ ဝှီးခနဲသွားသည်။ Have you seen him zapping around town on his new motor bike? ❍ She zapped the ball (back) over the net.

More examples

‘The grapefruit-sized tumor was zapped with chemotherapy, radiation and relentless courage.’
‘I've spotted a grubby fingerprint on the window and I can't concentrate until I've zapped it with a bottle of Dettox and a damp cloth.’
‘You need to have top-flight shooting skills to zap the constantly moving targets that are your enemy.’
‘Science has wiped out many killer diseases and may soon zap the rest.’
‘California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been zapped from the official websites of his Austria birthplace of Graz.’
‘In December, doctors zapped Hannah's tumor with the highest possible doses.’
‘The stone was zapped and it's passing, so that's good.’
‘It zapped the liquid and suddenly there was steam.’
‘Technologically primitive Surrey suburbanites were zapped by future war weaponry; it was a horribly unequal contest.’
‘It's heaped full of chlorophyll, which zaps halitosis fast.’
‘A fascinating linguistic theory has been zapping around the internet over the past week.’
‘The awareness of what was occurring zapped through me, and suddenly I was snapped back into my body as if I'd been shot from a slingshot.’
‘I sat there watching the chat screen zapping up past me, just about going crosseyed trying to read it all.’
‘A bolt of (cheaply superimposed) energy zaps past him.’
‘No one is obliged to watch television and you can always zap between channels.’
‘They have always seemed, I'm ashamed to say, a bit like the weather forecast: predictable, dull, a cue to zap to another channel.’
‘With one hand he zapped through the channels on the telly while expertly opening a bottle of ale with the other.’
‘Several talk of how they used to zap to another channel whenever politics came on television.’
‘Sadly, modern TV executives are more worried about holding zapping audiences and ratings figures than about television as an arts and culture source.’
‘Tuning out completely is not an option for most voters, unless their television sets can zap out commercials.’

Synonyms

KO, animation, annihilate, authority, bell-ringer, birr, bite, blindside, blow, bonk, briskness, change channels, cruise, dash, delete, destroy, dynamism, exterminate, exuberance, fisticuff, flick through, gaudiness, get up and go, glister, glitter, high spirits, hit, incisiveness, kill, kill off, leg up, might and main, obliterate, pepper, potency, pow, powerhouse, pungency, resplendence, resplendency, rip, roundhouse, say so, say-so, scintillation, shoot, showiness, slaughter, sparkle, spice, strong arm, sumptuousness, surf, switch channels, tear, terminate, tinsel, uppercut, vibrancy, what it takes, whip hand, whiz, whomp, whop, zest, zinger, zip, zoom

Antonyms

bear, begin, create, dawdle, give birth, initiate, start