zapping

The word “zapping” has 2 syllables: zap-ping

It's pronounced as /ˈzæpɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for zapping?

In the thesaurus, “zapping” has 107 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for zapping along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for zapping

  • banging
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • boxing
  • braining
  • buffeting
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • conking
  • cracking
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • decking
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • felling
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • jabbing
  • jostling
  • kicking
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • lashing
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • nailing
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pounding
  • prodding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • rapping
  • roughing
  • sapping
  • scuffing
  • shoving
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping

Meanings of zapping

  • verb
    1. To make a zap sound.
    2. To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
    3. To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
    4. To kill; to eliminate.
    5. To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
    6. To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
    7. To delete or discard (electronic media).
    8. To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
  • noun
    1. The act or result of being zapped.

Example Sentences

  • I enjoy zapping through TV channels to find something interesting to watch.
  • She spent the evening zapping between social media platforms to catch up on the latest news.
  • The remote control's quick zapping feature makes it easy to navigate through the menu.
  • While zapping through radio stations, I stumbled upon a great song I hadn't heard in years.
  • The constant zapping of the bug zapper in the backyard kept the mosquitoes at bay during the summer nights.

On this page you'll find 107 synonyms or another words to zapping, such as: banging, bashing, battering, batting, beaning, beating, belting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • zapping

banging

  • agitation
  • barring
  • bashing
  • battering
  • batting
  • beaning
  • beating
  • belting
  • biffing
  • bludgeoning
  • bobbing
  • bolting
  • bonking
  • bopping
  • bouncing
  • boxing
  • braining
  • brouhaha
  • brushing
  • buffeting
  • bulldozing
  • bumping
  • bunging
  • bunting
  • busting
  • butting
  • caning
  • caroming
  • chaining
  • chopping
  • clapping
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clocking
  • closing
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • clunking
  • colliding
  • confusion
  • conking
  • contacting
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • creaming
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • decking
  • dither
  • drubbing
  • dumping
  • fastening
  • felling
  • flailing
  • flicking
  • flogging
  • flooring
  • fluster
  • flutter
  • fuss
  • glancing
  • grazing
  • hammering
  • hanging one on
  • hitting
  • impacting
  • impinging
  • jabbing
  • jostling
  • kicking
  • kissing
  • kneeing
  • knocking
  • knocking down
  • lacing
  • lambasting
  • landing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • lather
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • locking
  • mangling
  • mauling
  • muscling
  • nailing
  • nudging
  • panic
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • poking
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pother
  • pounding
  • pressing
  • prodding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • pushing
  • rabbit-punching
  • ramming
  • rapping
  • rebounding
  • ricocheting
  • ricochetting
  • roughing
  • sapping
  • scraping
  • scuffing
  • sealing
  • securing
  • shaving
  • shoving
  • shutting
  • skimming
  • skipping
  • skulling
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slashing
  • sledgehammering
  • sledging
  • slogging
  • slugging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • smiting
  • socking
  • spearing
  • stabbing
  • stamping
  • state
  • stew
  • stopping
  • striking
  • stroking
  • sucker punching
  • swatting
  • sweat
  • sweeping
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tagging
  • tapping
  • thrashing
  • thudding
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touching
  • tumult
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • twitter
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whipping
  • zapping

canceling

  • abandoning
  • abandonment
  • abating
  • abbreviating
  • abolishing
  • abolition
  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • abrogation
  • annihilating
  • annulling
  • annulment
  • atomizing
  • avoiding
  • banning
  • blacking out
  • blasting
  • bleeping
  • blipping
  • blotting out
  • blowing up
  • blue-penciling
  • bowdlerizing
  • breaking down
  • breaking off
  • calling
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  • cancellation
  • censoring
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  • crossing out
  • crying off
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  • decimating
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  • deleting
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  • demolishing
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  • disallowing
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  • discarding
  • discontinuing
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  • ejecting
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  • rescinding
  • retirement
  • retracting
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  • reversal
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  • rolling back
  • rubbing out
  • ruining
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  • scratching out
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  • setting aside
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  • smashing
  • splintering
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  • suspending
  • taking back
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  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • undoing
  • vacating
  • vetoing
  • voiding
  • wasting
  • wiping out
  • withdrawing
  • withholding
  • wrecking
  • writing off
  • zapping

cancelling

  • X-out
  • abandoning
  • abating
  • abbreviating
  • abolish
  • abolishing
  • abort
  • aborting
  • abrogate
  • abrogating
  • annihilating
  • annul
  • annulling
  • atomizing
  • avoiding
  • ax
  • balance out
  • banning
  • black out
  • blacking out
  • blasting
  • bleeping
  • blipping
  • blot out
  • blotting out
  • blowing up
  • blue-penciling
  • bowdlerizing
  • break
  • break off
  • breaking down
  • breaking off
  • call off
  • calling
  • calling off
  • censoring
  • clipping
  • compensate for
  • consuming
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countercheck
  • countermand
  • countermanding
  • counterpoise
  • cropping
  • cross out
  • crying off
  • cut
  • cutting
  • dashing
  • decimating
  • declare invalid
  • deface
  • deleing
  • delete
  • deleting
  • demolishing
  • destroy
  • destroying
  • devastating
  • devouring
  • disallowing
  • disannulling
  • discard
  • discarding
  • discharge
  • discontinuing
  • dismantling
  • dismissing
  • dissolving
  • ditching
  • do away with
  • do in
  • doing away with
  • dooming
  • dropping
  • dynamiting
  • efface
  • effacing
  • ejecting
  • eliding
  • eliminate
  • eliminating
  • ending
  • enjoining
  • eradicate
  • eradicating
  • erasing
  • excising
  • expelling
  • expunge
  • expunging
  • expurgating
  • exterminating
  • extirpating
  • finish off
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • forbidding
  • fragmenting
  • frustrate
  • giving up
  • halting
  • holding back
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  • jettisoning
  • kill
  • killing
  • killing off
  • laundering
  • liquidating
  • make up for
  • negate
  • negating
  • neutralize
  • nullify
  • nullifying
  • nulling
  • obliterate
  • obliterating
  • off
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  • omit
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • overthrow
  • overturning
  • powdering
  • prohibiting
  • pulverizing
  • put an end to
  • quash
  • quashing
  • ravaging
  • razing
  • recall
  • recalling
  • recant
  • recanting
  • red-penciling
  • redacting
  • redeem
  • redress
  • refute
  • rejecting
  • relinquishing
  • remove
  • removing
  • render inert
  • render invalid
  • render null and void
  • repeal
  • repealing
  • repressing
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • rescinding
  • retract
  • retracting
  • reversing
  • revoke
  • revoking
  • rolling back
  • rub out
  • rubbing out
  • ruining
  • rule out
  • scrapping
  • scratch out
  • scrub
  • scrubbing
  • set aside
  • setting aside
  • shattering
  • shortening
  • silencing
  • sink
  • smash
  • smashing
  • splintering
  • squash
  • stamp across
  • stopping
  • strike out
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  • suppress
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  • surrendering
  • suspending
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  • torpedo
  • total
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • trash
  • trim
  • undo
  • vacate
  • vacating
  • vetoing
  • void
  • voiding
  • wash out
  • wasting
  • wipe out
  • wipe slate clean
  • wiping out
  • withdrawing
  • wrecking
  • writing off
  • zap
  • zapping

effacing

  • abolishing
  • annihilating
  • atomizing
  • blacking out
  • blasting
  • blotting out
  • blowing up
  • canceling
  • cancellation
  • cancelling
  • consuming
  • crossing out
  • cutting
  • dashing
  • decimating
  • deleting
  • deletion
  • demolishing
  • destroying
  • devastating
  • devouring
  • discarding
  • dismantling
  • dissolving
  • ditching
  • dooming
  • dynamiting
  • ejecting
  • eradicating
  • eradication
  • erasing
  • excising
  • expelling
  • expunction
  • expunging
  • exterminating
  • extirpating
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • fragmenting
  • jettisoning
  • killing
  • killing off
  • liquidating
  • obliterating
  • obliteration
  • ousting
  • powdering
  • pulverizing
  • ravaging
  • razing
  • rubbing out
  • ruining
  • scratching out
  • shattering
  • smashing
  • splintering
  • tearing down
  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • wasting
  • wiping out
  • wrecking
  • zapping

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