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zapper
English
Etymology
zap +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: z?p??(r), IPA(key): /?zæp.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -æp?(r)
Noun
zapper (plural zappers)
- (colloquial) A remote control for a television.
- The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.
- A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.
- (figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.
- 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)
- If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]
- 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)
Translations
French
Etymology
From English zap
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /za.pe/
Verb
zapper
- to channel-hop, channel surf
- (figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate
- to skip over
- (familiar) to forget
Conjugation
Further reading
- “zapper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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gapper
English
Etymology
gap +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æp?(?)/
Noun
gapper (plural gappers)
- (baseball) A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
- Bob's gapper cleared the bags.
- Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.
Anagrams
- papreg, pregap
Dutch
Etymology
From gappen +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.p?r/
- Hyphenation: gap?per
- Rhymes: -?p?r
Noun
gapper m (plural gappers, diminutive gappertje n)
- (Netherlands, colloquial) thief
- (Can we date this quote?), John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".
- Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen / Oh, als eieren zo groot; / De tuinman zag zijn bolle wangen / Sloeg de vuile gapper dood.
- (Can we date this quote?), John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".
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