Meaning of Zap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
   colloquial
2. A city and town in North Dakota.
3. An electric shock.
   colloquial
4. A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
5. The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
   slang

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Examples

“You might feel⟳ a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.”

“Black AIDS activists were caught in the middle of a nearly yearlong series of zaps.”

“When a zap at Brooklyn's Board⟳ of Education opened no dialogue on discrimination suffered by gay teachers, GAA targeted the BOE offices on April 13.”

“The guest immediately asked the bartender to give⟳ his drink⟳ a zap in the microwave oven behind him […]”

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