Zap

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  zap \zap\ (z[a^]p), v. t.
     1. to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by
        lightning.
        [PJC]
  
     2. to bomb with an atomic bomb.


  
     Syn: nuke, atomize.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. to cook or heat in a microwave oven.
  
     Syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric
        current, or other potentially destructive treatment.
        [PJC]
  
     5. to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a
        television program) by using the fast-forward button on a
        VCR remove control.
        [PJC]
  
     6. to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; --
        usually used with up. --[RHUD]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zap
       v 1: strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers
            with some shocking scenes"
       2: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
          current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game,
          space travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: {vaporize}]
       3: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: {nuke},
           {atomize}, {atomise}]
       4: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the
          left-overs" [syn: {microwave}, {micro-cook}, {nuke}]
       [also: {zapping}, {zapped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "zap":
     KO, blast, blot out, bump off, call off, cancel, complete, croak,
     delete, dispose of, do in, drop the curtain, end off, erase,
     expunge, extinguish, finalize, finish, fix, fold up, get,
     get it over, get over with, get through with, give the business,
     give the quietus, gun down, hit, ice, kayo, kibosh, kill,
     knock out, lay out, off, perfect, polish off, put paid to, rub out,
     scrag, settle, shoot down, take care of, waste, wipe out
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  zap 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3. vt. To make someone
     `suffer' by making his food spicy. (Most hackers love spicy food.
     Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you wipe your nose
     for the rest of the meal.) See {zapped}. 4. vt. To modify, usually to
     correct; esp. used when the action is performed with a debugger or
     binary patching tool. Also implies surgical precision. "Zap the debug
     level to 6 and run it again." In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches
     are applied to programs or to the OS with a program called `superzap',
     whose file name is `IMASPZAP' (possibly contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).
     5. vt. To erase or reset. 6. To {fry} a chip with static electricity.
     "Uh oh -- I think that lightning strike may have zapped the disk
     controller."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ZAP
       
          1.  A language for expressing program
          transformations.
       
          ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation",
          M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982].
       
          2. {Zero and Add Packed}.
       
          (2001-03-25)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  zap
       
           1. To modify, usually to correct; especially used
          when the action is performed with a debugger or binary
          patching tool.  Also implies surgical precision.  "Zap the
          debug level to 6 and run it again."
       
          In the {IBM} {mainframe} world, binary patches are applied to
          programs or to the {operating system} with a program called
          "{superzap}", whose file name is "IMASPZAP" (possibly
          contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).
       
          See also {Zero and Add Packed}.
       
          2. To {fry} a chip with static electricity.  "Uh oh - I think
          that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller."
       
          (1998-07-08)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Zap, ND (city, FIPS 88140)
    Location: 47.28476 N, 101.92189 W
    Population (1990): 287 (162 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58580

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Zap, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
     Population (2000):    231
     Housing Units (2000): 129
     Land area (2000):     1.041613 sq. miles (2.697764 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.041613 sq. miles (2.697764 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            88140
     Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
     Location:             47.287157 N, 101.923787 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     58580
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Zap, ND
      Zap