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zip

1

[zip]

noun

  1. a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.

  2. Informal.Ģżenergy; vim; vigor.

    Wow, you've got zip today—too much coffee this morning?

    Synonyms: , , , ,


verb (used without object)

zipped, zipping 
  1. to move with a zipping sound.

  2. Informal.Ģżto act or move with speed or energy.

    I'll just zip upstairs.

verb (used with object)

Informal.
zipped, zipping 
  1. to convey with speed and energy.

    I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.

  2. to add vitality or zest to (usually followed byup ).

    A little garlic zips up a salad.

zip

2

[zip]

verb (used with object)

zipped, zipping 
  1. to fasten or unfasten with a zipper: Zip open the traveling case.

    Zip your jacket.

    Zip open the traveling case.

  2. to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper.

    Zip this money into your wallet. Zip me out of my dress.

  3. Computers.Ģżto compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.

verb (used without object)

zipped, zipping 
  1. to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper.

    a handy purse that zips shut.

  2. to do up or undo a zipper.

noun

  1. zipper.

adjective

  1. utilizing or having a zipper.

    a coat with a zip front.

  2. Computers.Ģżof or relating to a method of file compression.

    a zip file.

zip

3

[zip]

noun

  1. zero or nothing.

    The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.

verb (used with object)

zipped, zipping 
  1. (in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring.

    The home team was zipped again yesterday.

zip

4

[zip]

Zip

5

[zip]

Trademark.
  1. a floppy disk form of storage for computer data with a capacity of 100–750 MB, used primarily in the 1990s.

    a Zip drive;

    a Zip disk.

zip

1

/ ³śÉŖ±č /

noun

    1. Also called: zip fastener.ĢżUS and Canadian term: zipper.Ģża fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab

    2. (modifier) having or equipped with such a device

      a zip bag

  1. a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet

  2. informalĢżenergy; vigour; vitality

  3. slangĢżnothing

  4. slangĢżsport nil

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip

  2. (intr) to move with a zip

    the bullet zipped past

  3. (intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush

    they zipped through town

  4. (tr) computing to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Zip

2

/ ³śÉŖ±č /

noun

  1. an electric water heater

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • zipless adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of zip1

First recorded in 1850–55; imitative of the sound

Origin of zip2

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; back formation from zipper

Origin of zip3

First recorded in 1895–1900; apparently an expressive word, with z- of zero; zilch

Origin of zip4

By ellipsis
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of zip1

C19: of imitative origin
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ā€œWhat is your plan for the future? Can we get that in writing and on paper so that we know where you’re going? Because we don’t have anything today. We have zip! Nada!ā€

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No sense that this was something exchanged between two people who live in the same city, maybe even the same zip code.

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A group of security personnel got out of the car carrying blindfolds and plastic zip ties and asked me to step out first.

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One is framed in aluminum engraved with chain links and the words ā€œLost Angelesā€ written in an elaborate font that zips between establishment Olde English ā€œCanterburyā€ style and illicit urban graffiti.

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He was wearing a black hoodie with a zip, khaki trousers and Nike trainers, and the black balaclava.

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