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Is zap a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zap is a Scrabble US word. The word zap is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

Z10A1P3

Is zap a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zap is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

Z10A1P3

Is zap a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zap is a Words With Friends word. The word zap is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10A1P4

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3-letter words (1 found)

ZAP,

2-letter words (2 found)

PA,ZA,

You can make 3 words from zap according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zap

zap azp zpa pza apz paz

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Definitions and meaning of zap

zap

Translingual

Symbol

zap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zapotec.

Etymology

1920s, American English, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp

Noun

zap (plural zaps)

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

Derived terms

  • brain zap

Translations

Verb

zap (third-person singular simple present zaps, present participle zapping, simple past and past participle zapped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
  2. To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
    Synonyms: channel surf, channel hop
  3. To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
    They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
  4. (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
  5. (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
    I think they zapped the processor.
  6. (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
    If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
  7. (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
    They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
  8. (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
    They zapped my motor's magnets.
  9. (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
  10. To participate in a zap (protest) against.

Derived terms

  • zap 'em up

Descendants

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Interjection

zap!

  1. Representing the sound or action of a zap.
    Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

zap

  1. inflection of zappen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

From the last part of "WhatsApp".

Pronunciation

Noun

zap m (usually uncountable, plural zaps)

  1. WhatsApp (a messaging service)

Romanian

Interjection

zap

  1. Alternative form of zapa

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English soppe, from Old English sopa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zap/

Noun

zap

  1. sup

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80

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