zapped adj.
1. (also zapped up) killed, destroyed; exhausted; overwhelmed.
Cat Man 283: ‘Wait’ll we get to Salt Lake, huh, Fid? Two to one in that town. The prettiest chicks beg you there [...]’ [...] Red slapped his shoulder, too zapped up to get mad. | ||
(ref. to 1952) AS XXXVII:1 71: ‘Zapped.’.. I first heard it in 1952 while I was an undergraduate at Brown University. The term was in vogue [...] to designate precisely the process by which a student [...] had his ‘come-uppance’ in class or on an examination. | ||
Letter in Dear America (1985) 29 Jan. 256: It is only reasonable to fear being zapped over here, it is unreasonable to be more afraid of being zapped in the last few weeks of one’s tour. | ||
(con. 1969) Dispatches 26: He goes up there himself and damned if the fucker didnt get zapped. | ||
Homeboy 320: They [...] waked him on the porch where Rings had watched him zapped. | ||
Da Bomb 🌐 32: Zapped: Tired, no energy. |
2. intoxicated by drink and/or drugs.
Dict. Contemp. and Colloq. Usage. | ||
Yes We have No 249: The whole zapped multitude is back on its feet. | ||
Sun. Times Rev. 12 Mar. 3: The only time he was ever ‘biffed’ inside was when he approached an inmate zapped on heroin. |