zapping

n. use of a remote control and switching to another channel as to avoid commercials

v. kill, shoot; destroy; defeat; attack suddenly (Slang); complete something very quickly, move very fast; cook or warm up something in a microwave oven; photocopy something; (Computers) damage or destroy hardware or media by means of electricity; erase or get rid of something (Computers); change stations during television advertisements with a remote control; (Broadcasting) use an apparatus to erase commercials from a transmission (i.e.: with a pause button in videotaping); give an electric shock (Slang)

Verb
1. strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
(hypernym) affect, impress, move, strike
2. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
(synonym) vaporize
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) zapper
3. strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"
(synonym) nuke, atomize, atomise
(hypernym) bombard, bomb
4. cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs"
(synonym) microwave, micro-cook, nuke
(hypernym) cook
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation

n. zapping

n. zapping, channel-surfing

n. channel-hopping