ZAPPING

ZAP

microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke

(verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven; “You can microwave the leftovers”

nuke, atomize, atomise, zap

(verb) strike at with firepower or bombs; “zap the enemy”

zap, vaporize

(verb) 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”

zap

(verb) strike suddenly and with force; “This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

zapping

present participle of zap

Noun

zapping (plural zappings)

The act or result of being zapped.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 May 2025

CHEMICAL

(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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