Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to zap
Participle: zapped
Gerund: zapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | zap |
| you | zap |
| he;she;it | zaps |
| we | zap |
| you | zap |
| they | zap |
Perfect
| I | have zapped |
| you | have zapped |
| he;she;it | has zapped |
| we | have zapped |
| you | have zapped |
| they | have zapped |
Past
| I | zapped |
| you | zapped |
| he;she;it | zapped |
| we | zapped |
| you | zapped |
| they | zapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had zapped |
| you | had zapped |
| he;she;it | had zapped |
| we | had zapped |
| you | had zapped |
| they | had zapped |
Future
| I | will zap |
| you | will zap |
| he;she;it | will zap |
| we | will zap |
| you | will zap |
| they | will zap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have zapped |
| you | will have zapped |
| he;she;it | will have zapped |
| we | will have zapped |
| you | will have zapped |
| they | will have zapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | zap |
| you | zap |
| he;she;it | zap |
| we | zap |
| you | zap |
| they | zap |
Perfect
| I | have zapped |
| you | have zapped |
| he;she;it | have zapped |
| we | have zapped |
| you | have zapped |
| they | have zapped |
Imperfect
| I | zapped |
| you | zapped |
| he;she;it | zapped |
| we | zapped |
| you | zapped |
| they | zapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had zapped |
| you | had zapped |
| he;she;it | had zapped |
| we | had zapped |
| you | had zapped |
| they | had zapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would zap |
| you | would zap |
| he;she;it | would zap |
| we | would zap |
| you | would zap |
| they | would zap |
Perfect
| I | would have zapped |
| you | would have zapped |
| he;she;it | would have zapped |
| we | would have zapped |
| you | would have zapped |
| they | would have zapped |
Imperative
| you | zap |
| we | Let's zap |
| you | zap |
Verbs conjugated like 'zap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'zap'
bap,
cap,
dap,
fap,
gap,
hap,
jap,
Jap,
lap,
map,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1920s, American English, of imitative origin.
Verbs referencing "zap"
French
zapper, Dutch
zappen, German, old spelling
zappen, Galician
zapear, Spanish
zapear, Esperanto
zapi.
Sample Sentences
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They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
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Says a U. S. officer: "We zapped the enemy, now we intend to stick around. […] [1966, U.S. News & World Report, volume 61, page 32:]
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I think they zapped the processor.
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If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
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They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
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They zapped my motor's magnets.
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Got to go and zap this document now. [2004 October 19, Kevin & Lily Shepherdson, “Digital Life”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, page 16:]
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We are periodically assailed with appeals to help block this or censor that or zap the other media presentation which one or other of us thinks (often with justice) is injurious to gays or others. [1976 April 3, 'A. Nolder Gay', “The View From The Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 16:]