Usually means: Quick, energetic burst or flash.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word zap:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. zap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. zap: Merriam-Webster
  3. zap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. zap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. zap: Collins English Dictionary
  6. zap: Vocabulary.com
  7. Zap, zap: Wordnik
  8. zap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Zap, zap: Wiktionary
  10. zap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. zap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. zap: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ZAP: Dictionary.com
  14. zap: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. zap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Zap, ZAP (motor company), ZAP (satellite television), ZAP, Zap (G.I. Joe), Zap (action), Zap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. zap: Rhymezone
  18. zap: FreeDictionary.org
  19. zap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. zap: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. zap: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ZAP, zap: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. zap: CCI Computer
  3. zap: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  4. Zap (disambiguation), Zap, zap: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ZAP: Acronym Finder
  2. ZAP: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. zap, zap: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. zap: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Zap: Bicycle Glossary
  2. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
noun:  (colloquial) An electric shock.
noun:  A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
noun:  (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
verb:  To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
verb:  To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
verb:  (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
verb:  (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
verb:  (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
verb:  To participate in a zap (protest) against.
noun:  A city and town in North Dakota.

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