different between zapping vs rapping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zæp??/
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

zapping

1. Present participle and gerund of zap.

Noun

zapping (plural zappings)

1. The act or result of being zapped.

French

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.pi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

zapping m (uncountable)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Further reading

• “zapping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??apin/

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with facer (facer zapping) or is also zapear.

Synonyms

• zapeo

Related terms

• zapear

Portuguese

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with fazer (facer zapping) or is also zapear and zapar

Related terms

• zapear, zapar

Spanish

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??apin/, [??a.p?n]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sapin/, [?sa.p?n]

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. (Spain) zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

   Synonym: zapeo

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with hacer (hacer zapping) or is also zapear.

Related terms

• zapear

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??æp.??/
• Homophone: wrapping
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

rapping

1. present participle of rap

Noun

rapping (plural rappings)

1. The sound of a rap or knock.

   During the séance, we heard mysterious rappings on the table.

2. (music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.

Adjective

rapping (comparative more rapping, superlative most rapping)

1. (colloquial, dated) Remarkably large; whopping.

References

• (large, whopping): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• parping