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]

	

	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]

	

	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

	

	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."

	

	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)

	

	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)

	

	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

	

	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