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Audio Help [zip] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, zipped, zip·ping.

–noun

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

2.	Informal. energy; vim; vigor.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to move with a zipping sound.

4.	Informal. to act or move with speed or energy: I'll just zip upstairs.

–verb (used with object) Informal.

5.	to convey with speed and energy: I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.

6.	to add vitality or zest to (usually fol. by up): A little garlic zips up a salad.

[Origin: 1850–55; of expressive orig.

]

—Synonyms 2. pep, dash, verve, vivacity, vitality.

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Audio Help [zip] Pronunciation Key verb, zipped, zip·ping, noun, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to fasten or unfasten with a zipper: 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.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper: a handy purse that zips shut.

4.	to do up or undo a zipper.

–noun

a zipper.

–adjective

6.	utilizing or having a zipper: a coat with a zip front.

[Origin: 1935–40, Americanism; back formation from zipper

]

—Related forms

zipless, adjective

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zip3

Audio Help [zip] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, zipped, zip·ping. Slang.

–noun

1.	zero or nothing: The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.

–verb (used with object)

2.	(in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring: The home team was zipped again yesterday.

[Origin: 1895–1900; Americanism; appar. an expressive word, with z- of zero; cf. zilch

]

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zip4

Audio Help [zip] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, zipped, zip·ping. Informal.

–noun

zip code.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to zip-code.

[Origin: by ellipsis

]

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zip Audio Help (zĭp) Pronunciation Key
n.

A brief sharp hissing sound.
Energy; vim.
A zipper.
Slang Nothing; nil; zero: received zip for money after doing the job for them.

v. zipped, zip·ping, zips

v. intr.

1. To move with a sharp hissing sound.
2. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.
To act or proceed swiftly and energetically: zipped through her homework.
To become fastened or unfastened by a zipper.

v. tr.

To give speed and force to.
To impart life or zest to.
To fasten or unfasten with a zipper.

[Imitative.]

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zip (v.1)

"move rapidly," 1852, of echoic origin. Zippy is first attested 1904. Zip gun "homemade pistol" first recorded 1950.

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zip (adj.)

1963, in U.S. postal ZIP code, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, no doubt chosen with conscious echo of zip (v.1).

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zip (n.)

"zero," 1900, student slang for a grade of zero on a test, etc.; of unknown origin; cf. zilch.

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zip (v.2)

"to close or fasten by means of a zipper," 1932, back-formation from zipper.

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zip
noun
1.	a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
2.	a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code]
3.	forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy]
4.	a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener]
verb
1.	close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip up] [ant: unzip]
2.	move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly]

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zip1 [zip] noun

(also ˈzipper) a zip fastener

Arabic:	زِمام الثَّوب او البَنْطَلون، سَحّاب
Chinese (Simplified):	拉链
Chinese (Traditional):	拉鏈
Czech:	zip
Danish:	lynlås
Dutch:	rits
Estonian:	tõmblukk
Finnish:	vetoketju
French:	fermeture éclair
German:	der Reißverschluß
Greek:	φερμουάρ
Hungarian:	cipzár
Icelandic:	rennilás
Indonesian:	sleretan

Japanese:	ジッパー
Latvian:	rāvējslēdzis
Lithuanian:	užtrauktukas
Norwegian:	glidelås
Polish:	zamek błyskawiczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	zíper
Portuguese (Portugal):	fecho éclair
Romanian:	fermoar
Russian:	застёжка-молния
Slovak:	zips
Slovenian:	zadrga
Spanish:	cremallera
Swedish:	blixtlås, dragkedja
Turkish:	fermuar

zip2 [zip] noun

a whizzing sound
Example: They heard the zip of a flying bullet.

Arabic:	أزيز الرَّصاص
Chinese (Simplified):	尖啸声
Chinese (Traditional):	尖嘯聲
Czech:	svist
Danish:	sus
Dutch:	gefluit
Estonian:	vihin
Finnish:	vihellys
French:	sifflement
German:	das Schwirren
Greek:	ήχος που ακούγεται σαν σφύριγμα
Hungarian:	fütyülés (golyóé)
Icelandic:	hvinur, þytur
Indonesian:	desingan

Japanese:	ピュッという音
Latvian:	džinkstēšana; svilpoņa
Lithuanian:	zvimbimas
Norwegian:	hvin, visling, sus
Polish:	świst
Portuguese (Brazil):	zumbido
Portuguese (Portugal):	silvo
Romanian:	şuierat
Russian:	свист
Slovak:	svišťanie, fičanie
Slovenian:	žvižg
Spanish:	zumbido
Swedish:	vinande, visslande
Turkish:	'vızzzz' sesi

zip1 [zip] verb

to fasten with a zip fastener
Example: She zipped up her trousers; This dress zips at the back.

Arabic:	يُغْلِق زِمام البنطلون
Chinese (Simplified):	拉上拉链
Chinese (Traditional):	拉上拉鏈
Czech:	zavřít (se) na zip
Danish:	lyne op; lyne
Dutch:	met een rits sluiten
Estonian:	tõmblukku kinni tõmbama
French:	fermer une fermeture éclair
German:	mit einem Reißverschluß schließen
Greek:	κουμπώνω με φερμουάρ
Hungarian:	cipzárat behúz
Icelandic:	renna upp
Indonesian:	menutup
Japanese:	ジッパーで締める

Latvian:	aizvilkt rāvējslēdzi
Lithuanian:	už(si)segti užtrauktuku
Norwegian:	lukke med glidelås
Polish:	zapinać się na zamek błyskawiczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	fechar com zíper
Portuguese (Portugal):	apertar
Romanian:	a închide un fermoar
Russian:	застёгивать(ся) на молнию
Slovak:	zavrieť (sa) na zips
Slovenian:	zapreti zadrgo
Spanish:	cerrar con cremallera
Swedish:	stänga blixtlåset, har blixtlås
Turkish:	fermuarı kapatmak

zip2 [zip] verb

to move with a whizzing sound
Example: A bullet zipped past his head.

Arabic:	يَئِزُّ
Chinese (Simplified):	飕飕地飞过
Chinese (Traditional):	颼颼地飛過
Czech:	(za)svištět
Danish:	suse
Dutch:	fluiten
Estonian:	vihisema
French:	siffler
German:	schwirren
Greek:	παράγω σφυριχτό ήχο καθώς κινούμαι, «σφυρίζω»
Hungarian:	(el)fütyül (golyó)
Icelandic:	hvína, þjóta
Indonesian:	mendesing
Japanese:	ピュッと飛ぶ

Latvian:	džinkstēt; svilpt
Lithuanian:	zvimbti
Norwegian:	hvine, suse forbi
Polish:	świsnąć
Portuguese (Brazil):	zumbir
Portuguese (Portugal):	silvar
Romanian:	a şuiera
Russian:	просвистеть
Slovak:	(za)svišťať
Slovenian:	žvižgati
Spanish:	entrar zumbar, pasar zumbando
Swedish:	vissla, vina
Turkish:	'vızzzz' diye ses çıkarmak

zip [zip]

in the United States, a postal code, usually having the form of a five-figure number, placed at the end of an address

Arabic:	رَقْم المِنْطَقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	邮政编码
Chinese (Traditional):	郵政編碼
Czech:	poštovní směrovací číslo
Danish:	postnummer
Dutch:	postcode
Estonian:	postiindeks
Finnish:	postinumero
French:	code postal
German:	die Postleitzahl
Greek:	ταχυδρομικός κώδικας
Hungarian:	(postai) irányítószám
Icelandic:	póstnúmer
Indonesian:	kode pos

Japanese:	郵便番号
Latvian:	pasta indekss, *kods
Lithuanian:	pašto indeksas
Norwegian:	postnummer
Polish:	kod pocztowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	código postal
Portuguese (Portugal):	código postal
Romanian:	cod poştal
Russian:	почтовый индекс
Slovak:	poštové smerovacie číslo
Slovenian:	poštna koda
Spanish:	código postal
Swedish:	postnummer
Turkish:	posta kodu

See also: zip fastener

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zip
1. To create a compressed archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.
zip is also the name of a Unix archiving utility compatible with PKZIP. unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.
See also gzip, tar and feather.
2. Zip Drive.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-08-26)