zap

IPA(Pronunciation)

/zæp/

Noun

colloquial slang

(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy. / (colloquial) An electric shock.

Japanese Meaning

（口語）急激な電気または類似のエネルギーの放出によって生じる音 / （口語）電撃

A zap from the broken lamp startled me.

壊れたランプからの鋭いバチッという音に、私は驚いた。

Sense（1）

(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.

Sense（2）

(colloquial) An electric shock.

You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.

Sense（3）

A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.

Black AIDS activists were caught in the middle of a nearly yearlong series of zaps.

Sense（4）

(slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.

zaps

（ plural ）