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zip

1

[ zip ]

noun

  1. a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
  2. Informal. energy; vim; vigor:

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

    Synonyms: vitality, vivacity, verve, dash, pep



verb (used without object)

, zipped, zip·ping.
  1. to move with a zipping sound.
  2. Informal. to act or move with speed or energy:

    I'll just zip upstairs.

verb (used with object)

, Informal.
, zipped, zip·ping.
  1. to convey with speed and energy:

    I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.

  2. to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up ):

    A little garlic zips up a salad.

zip

2

[ zip ]

verb (used with object)

, zipped, zip·ping.
  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. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.

verb (used without object)

, zipped, zip·ping.
  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.

adjective

  1. utilizing or having a zipper:

    a coat with a zip front.

  2. Computers. of 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, zip·ping.
  1. (in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring:

    The home team was zipped again yesterday.

zip

4

[ zip ]

noun

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

/ zɪp /

noun

  1. an electric water heater
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


zip

2

/ zɪp /

noun

    1. Also calledzip fastener a 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 US and Canadian termzipper
    2. modifier having or equipped with such a device

      a zip bag

  1. a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
  2. informal.
    energy; vigour; vitality
  3. slang.
    nothing
  4. slang.
    sport nil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. troften foll byup 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word 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; Americanism; apparently an expressive word, with z- of zero; zilch

Origin of zip4

By ellipsis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of zip1

C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

It zips like all comedies seem to zip today, quick and nimble, its tone affectionate snark.

These drugs interfere with the double helix zip-unzip-zip-again process of RNA and DNA replication.

“Type in your ZIP code and blood drives close to you will come up,” Dudley said.

Then, the big goose egg that the administration is going to get from Iran will more obviously be a zip.

Federal Election Commission reports for both men are littered with D.C. and New York ZIP codes.

The rifle-bullets were whizzing so zip, zip from the sharpshooters on the Federal lines that involuntarily I moved on my chair.

"Zip" came a bullet, and hit the ground beside me; it seemed rather unfair when one thought one was well out of range.

They found Zip well and hearty in spite of having had a drop of at least forty feet off the glacier.

Susy's mocking-bird hung in a cage by one of the windows, and "brother Zip" was lounging in an arm-chair, catching flies.

I ought to tell about the fire; but I can't write with mother's pen any more than Zip can write with a sponge.

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