"zapper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: en-us-zapper.ogg [US] Forms: zappers [plural]
enPR: zăpʹə(r) Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ) Etymology: zap + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|zap|-er|id2=agent noun}} zap + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} zapper (plural zappers)
  1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television. Tags: colloquial Translations (remote control): kaukosäädin (Finnish), kake [colloquial] (Finnish), zapette [feminine] (French), zappette [feminine] (French), Fernbedienung [feminine] (German), mando a distancia [masculine] (Spanish), fjärrkontroll [common-gender] (Swedish), пульт керування (pulʹt keruvannja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-GekyG7cs Disambiguation of 'remote control': 91 1 1 6
  2. (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes. Tags: colloquial Hyponyms: bug zapper
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-c3Z7jbRs
  3. (colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates. Tags: broadly, colloquial, figuratively
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-5eJnSmSB
  4. (slang) A microwave oven. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-zapper-en-noun-6yQGapOQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 15 20 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 15 19 60

Verb [French]

IPA: /za.pe/ Audio: Fr-zapper.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English zap. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|en|zap|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English zap, {{bor+|fr|en|zap}} Borrowed from English zap Head templates: {{fr-verb}} zapper Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], zapper [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], zappant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], zappé [participle, past], zappe [first-person, indicative, present, singular], zappes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], zappe [indicative, present, singular, third-person], zappons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], zappez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], zappent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], zappais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], zappais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], zappait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], zappions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], zappiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], zappaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], zappai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], zappas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], zappa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], zappâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], zappâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], zappèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], zapperai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], zapperas [future, indicative, second-person, singular], zappera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], zapperons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], zapperez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], zapperont [future, indicative, plural, third-person], zapperais [conditional, first-person, singular], zapperais [conditional, second-person, singular], zapperait [conditional, singular, third-person], zapperions [conditional, first-person, plural], zapperiez [conditional, plural, second-person], zapperaient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], zappe [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], zappes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], zappe [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], zappions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], zappiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], zappent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], zappasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], zappasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], zappât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], zappassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], zappassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], zappassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], zappe [imperative, second-person, singular], zappons [first-person, imperative, plural], zappez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to channel-hop, channel surf
    Sense id: en-zapper-fr-verb-pdFUR1VY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 71 25 2 2 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 36 30 16 18
  2. (figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-zapper-fr-verb-qzOyoy4W Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 36 30 16 18
  3. to skip over
    Sense id: en-zapper-fr-verb-0jtzBawE Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 36 30 16 18
  4. (informal) to forget Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-zapper-fr-verb-~ymuMxGs Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 36 30 16 18

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "пульт керування"
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    {
      "form": "zapperaient",
      "ipa": "/za.pʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappe",
      "ipa": "/zap/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappes",
      "ipa": "/zap/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappe",
      "ipa": "/zap/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappions",
      "ipa": "/za.pjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappiez",
      "ipa": "/za.pje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappent",
      "ipa": "/zap/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappasse",
      "ipa": "/za.pas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappasses",
      "ipa": "/za.pas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappât",
      "ipa": "/za.pa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappassions",
      "ipa": "/za.pa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappassiez",
      "ipa": "/za.pa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappassent",
      "ipa": "/za.pas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappe",
      "ipa": "/zap/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappons",
      "ipa": "/za.pɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zappez",
      "ipa": "/za.pe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zapper",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to channel-hop, channel surf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "channel-hop",
          "channel-hop"
        ],
        [
          "channel surf",
          "channel surf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dither",
          "dither"
        ],
        [
          "vacillate",
          "vacillate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to skip over"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forget"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to forget"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/za.pe/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-zapper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Fr-zapper.ogg/Fr-zapper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Fr-zapper.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zapper"
}

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