zappe, v.

zappe
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zappeverb

## Earlier version

- zappe in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the verb zappe mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb zappe. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the early 1600s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the verb zappe come from?

Earliest known use

early 1600s

The only known use of the verb zappe is in the early 1600s.

OED's only evidence for zappe is from around 1600, in the writing of J. Dymmok.

zappe is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymons: sap v.1

### Nearby entries

1. zap, v. 1942–
2. zap, int. 1929–
3. Zapata, n. 1962–
4. zapateado, n. 1845–
5. Zapatism, n. 1911–
6. Zapatismo, n. 1913–
7. Zapatist, n. & adj. 1911–
8. Zapatista, n. & adj. 1911–
9. zapote, n. 1842–
10. Zapotec, n. & adj. 1797–
11. zappe, v.c1600
12. zapped, adj. 1962–
13. zapper, n. 1969–
14. zapping, n. 1972–
15. zappy, adj. 1969–
16. zaptieh, n. 1869–
17. ZAPU, n. 1961–
18. Zar, n. 1868–
19. Zarathustrian, adj. & n. 1859–
20. Zarathustrianism, n. 1864–
21. Zarathustric, adj. 1848–

## Etymology

### Summary

A variant or alteration of another lexical item.
Etymon: sap v.1
Variant of sap v.1 Cf. Italian zappare.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. c1600
   = sap v.1
   1. c1600

      > When that rampart which is, shall either be beaten or zapped.

      J. Dymmok, Treatise of Ireland (1842) 38
   military
   1. approach 1598–
      Military. To make ‘approaches’ to; to work forward towards, by means of entrenchments. See approach, n. 9.
   2. zappe c1600
      = sap, v.¹
   3. to trench at 1744
      intransitive. To cast trenches, in siege works; in quot. 1623, to make one's way by trenching (figurative). to trench at: to lay siege to by means…
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zappe, v. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zappe, v. was last modified in July 2023.