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1. tv. to shock someone.□ That fake snake zapped me for a minute.□ The incident zapped me, but good.2. tv. to kill someone.□ The stress from it all nearly zapped him.□ I was afraid that one of those thugs would zap me.3. tv. to impress someone.□ My big idea really zapped the boss. I may get a raise.□ I like to have something to zap the board with at every meeting.4. tv. to stun someone with an imaginary ray gun.□ Jimmy swung around the corner and zapped me.□ He zapped me with a water gun.5. ex-clam. Wow! (Usually Zap!)□ Zap! I did it again!□ He said, “Zap!” indicating that he really liked the present, I guess.6. tv. to defeat someone or a team.□ They zapped us 10-8.□ Fred zapped Tracy in the spelling bee.7. in. to zip or move to somewhere very fast.□ I’ll zap over and see if the duplicating is ready yet.□ He’s zapping to the drugstore for some aspirin.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.