to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by lightning.

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"

To eradicate all or part of a program or database, sometimes by lightning, sometimes intentionally.

to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs"

to bomb with an atomic bomb.

strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"

strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"

The vertical axis around which a vehicle structure's front and rear ends swing back and forth.

An electronic rear derailer made by Mavic.

Zone Analysis Program. It provides a common platform to measure the quality of Zone assignments, ensuring the accuracy of postage rates claimed in accordance with requirements set forth in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM). Software products, such as Mail Manager 2010, that successfully complete the ZAP testing process are identified as ZAP approved.

(abbr.) zygapophysis

to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric current, or other potentially destructive treatment.

Founded in 1994, ZAP (short for "Zero Air Pollution") is a publicly-owned corporation (stock symbol ZAAP, as listed on NASDAQ) company located in Santa Rosa, California which manufactures and markets various electric vehicles. It is also making available US-legal gray-market conversions of the Smart car, which is popular in Europe for its tiny size and fuel economy.

See aia-zap

zap is a Perl wrapper for rm, meant be to used by the root account. It checks the list of files passed as arguments against a configuration file to make sure that root doesn't accidentally delete a protected file/directory. The root account should make this script an alias for rm in their .bashrc file.

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.

to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; -- usually used with up.