Zip
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English
Noun
Zip (plural Zips)- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Energy; vigor; vim
- (UK) A zip fastener.
- Zero; nothing
Synonyms
- (sound): whizz, zing
- (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Interjection
Zip!
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Synonyms
Verb
Zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)
- (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
- (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
- zip one's lip
- (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.
- (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (close with a zip fastener): zip up
Noun
Zip (plural Zips)- (US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
- (US) Any postal code, for any country.
See also
- postcode (UK)
- postal code (UK)
Thesaurus
aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz, capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss, hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life, lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness, poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip, rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit, splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep, swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing, zoom
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Etymology 2
From zip code
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