Wiktionary
n. The act or result of being zapped. vb. (present participle of zap English)
WordNet
v. strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
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]
strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: nuke, atomize, atomise]
cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs" [syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke]
See zap
Usage examples of "zapping".
The burrs flew from him like zapping wiggles, leaving little vapor trails behind.
Holes were appearing in the nest, and their zapping spread out in all directions.
Xavier had evidently traveled through this region and had no fear of it, so his zapping must be effective.
The wiggles were zapping thickly out from the nest, preventing Stanley from moving to the side.
There was a haze around it, which Ivy realized was actually the mass of wiggles hovering in the region, before zapping on outward.
But the wiggles were zapping so thickly that the people could not reach the nest.
Already the wriggles were zapping by close on the left, forcing Hugo and Ivy to squeeze to the right.
Bascombe ignored the noise and strode forward over the waterlogged ground, zapping away.
One of them began zapping away prissily in our wake as the gate swung wide and we passed through onto the paved apron, sterilizing the organic matter our yaga had tracked into the compound.