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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)

  1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television.
    The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.
  2. A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.
  3. (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 []

Translations


French

Etymology

From English zap

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.pe/

Verb

zapper

  1. to channel-hop, channel surf
  2. (figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate
  3. to skip over
  4. (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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zappier

English

Adjective

zappier

  1. comparative form of zappy: more zappy

Anagrams

  • apprize

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