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Papped vs Zapped - What's the difference?

papped | zapped |

As verbs the difference between papped and zapped

is that papped is past tense of pap while zapped is past tense of zap.

papped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pap)

    • pap

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origins unclear. Related to (etyl) pappe, Dutch pap, Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian , among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
    • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.
  • (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense.
  • (South Africa) Porridge.
    • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.
  • (informal, derogatory) support from official patronage
    • Treasury pap
  • The pulp of fruit.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, South Africa) Spineless, wet, without character.
  • * He is so pap and boring.

    • Verb

    (papp)
  • (obsolete) To feed with pap.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps form (etyl) papilla; or perhaps compare Old (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Bible, Luke xi. 27
    • the paps which thou hast sucked
  • * , II.xii:
    • But th'other rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft displayd, / And all, that might his melting hart entise / To her delights, she vnto him bewrayd.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
    • they doe not onely weare jewels at their noses, in their lip and cheekes, and in their toes, but also big wedges of gold through their paps .
  • *, II.13:
    • Adrianus the Emperour made his Physition to marke and take the just compasse of the mortall place about his pap , that so his aime might not faile him, to whom he had given charge to kill him.
  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
    • (Macaulay)

    Etymology 3

    Shortened form of Pap smear from , American physician.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pap smear

    • Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Flat.
    • I got a puncture and the wheel went pap .

    Etymology 5

    From (paparazzo)

    Verb

  • (usually, in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
    • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!

    Anagrams

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    zapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (zap)

    • zap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
  • (colloquial) An electrical shock.
    • You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.

    Verb

    (zapp)
  • To make a zapping sound.
  • To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
  • To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
    • They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
  • To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
    • I think they zapped the processor.
  • To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
    • If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
  • To delete or discard (electronic media).
    • They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
  • To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
    • They zapped my motor's magnets.

    Descendants

    * Catalan: * Dutch: (l) * Galician: (l), (l) * German: (l) * French: (l), (l) * Spanish: (l), (l) * Sweddish: (l)

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • Representing the sound or action of a zap.
    • Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.