zap

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zap /zap/ informal

▶verb (zaps, zapping, zapped)

• 1 destroy or obliterate.

• 2 move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly.

  ■ use a remote control to change television channels, operate a video recorder, etc.

▶noun a sudden burst of energy or sound, or other sudden dramatic event.

– derivatives
zapper noun,
zappy adjective.

– origin 1920s (orig. US): imitative.