See zap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "enlever"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sakujo suru",
"sense": "delete (electronic media)",
"word": "削除する"
}
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],
"word": "zap"
}
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"Terms with German translations",
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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{
"form": "zap!",
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"text": "Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1975, Rennie Ellis, editors, Australian Graffiti, page [1]:",
"text": "Zap is a comic-book hero - Zap! Powie! Kazoom!; why have you retired, Zap, when we need you so much?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Representing the sound or action of a zap."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/zæp/"
},
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"audio": "en-us-zap.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-zap.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æp"
}
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "representing the sound of a zap",
"word": "zaff"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "representing the sound of a zap",
"word": "pang"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jíit",
"sense": "representing the sound of a zap",
"word": "จี๊ด"
}
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"word": "zap"
}
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