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English

Pronunciation
AHD: /zăpʹər/
IPA: /ˈzæpə(r)/
audio|en-us-zapper.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-æpə(r)|Rhymes: -æpə(r)

Etymology
zap + -er

Noun
en-noun

1. colloquial A remote control for a television.

#:This channel is lame. Hand me the zapper.

1. A thing that zaps by passing a large voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.
2. figuratively By extension, any thing capable of extermination.

Translations
trans-top|remote control
Finnish: kaukosäädin, kake#Finnish|kake (colloquial)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

French

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
zapper

1. To zap (change channels repeatedly using a remote control, channel surf)
2. To skip over

el:zapper
fr:zapper
ru:zapper

• 2007-07-20 08:38 - SonPraises - /* Intransitive verb */

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