zepphttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zepp_v%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZepp, v.
Revised 2014

Zeppverb

colloquial. Now rare.
  1. 1.
    1914–
    intransitive. Of a Zeppelin: to go on a bombing raid. rare.
    1. 1914
      Cables tell of the frontier being patrolled by rival aeroplanes within easy sight of each other, of a Zeppelin having zepped over Liege during the bombardment, pursued by a Belgian aviator who lost his life in destroying it.
      Aeronautics 15 August 38/1
  2. 2.
    1915–
    transitive. = zeppelin v. 2.
    1. 1915
      Since the Count's Zeps have been Zepping London, no self respecting Londoner has gone to bed in anything unfit for public gaze.
      Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gazette 10 November 9/6
    2. 1917
      Have we been U-boated or Zepped? All right; I'll be there in two minutes.
      S. Ford, Wilt Thou Torchy xiv. 242
    3. 1920
      ‘So you've been Zepped, I hear,’ she said.
      W. J. Locke, House of Baltazar vii. 83

Originally published as part of the entry for Zepp, n.

Zepp, v. was revised in June 2014.

Zepp, v. was last modified in March 2024.