zapping

• IPA^(key): /ˈzæpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

zapping

1. present participle and gerund of zap

zapping (plural zappings)

1. The act or result of being zapped.
   • 2009 March 28, Linda Diebel, “The case of the deadly stapler”, in Toronto Star‎, archived from the original on 31 March 2009:

     Then the inquiry heard the sound of the multiple Taser zappings, amplified for viewing by Braidwood, witnesses and spectators, including Dziekanski's mother.

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

• IPA^(key): /za.piŋ/
• Rhymes: -iŋ

zapping m (uncountable)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

• “zapping”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθapin/

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

   Synonym: zapeo

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with facer (facer zapping) or is also zapear.

• zapear

Unadapted borrowing from English zapping.

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

• The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with fazer (facer zapping) or is also zapear and zapar.

• zapear, zapar

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθapin/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsapin/
• Rhymes: -apin

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. (Spain) zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

   Synonym: zapeo

• The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with hacer (hacer zapping) or is also zapear.