zip

zip

1 [zip] 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 followed 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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zip

2 [zip] 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
5.
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
zip·less, adjective

zip

3 [zip] 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; apparently an expressive word, with z- of zero; cf. zilch

zip

4 [zip] noun, verb, zipped, zip·ping. Informal.
noun
1.
zip code.
verb (used with object)
2.
to zip-code.
Origin:
by ellipsis

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zip (zɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a.  Also called: zip fastener, US and Canadian term: zipper 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
 b.  (modifier) having or equipped with such a device: a zip bag
2.  a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
3.  informal energy; vigour; vitality
4.  slang (US) nothing
5.  slang (US), (Canadian) sport nil
 
—vb (often foll by up) , zips, zipping, zipped
6.  to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
7.  (intr) to move with a zip: the bullet zipped past
8.  (intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush: they zipped through town
9.  (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
 
[C19: of imitative origin]

Zip (zɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
(NZ) trademark an electric water heater

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Word Origin & History

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

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

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

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

zip definition


  1. n.
    nothing. : There was no mail today. Nothing. Zip.
  2. n.
    a score or grade of zero. : Well, you got zip on the last test. Sorry about that.
  3. n.
    vigor; spunk. : Put some zip into it. It's too ho-hum.
  4. in.
    to move to a place fast. : I'll zip to the office and get a new form.
  5. n.
    a worthless person; a person who amounts to zero. : Garth is such a zip. No brains in his head at all.
  6. n.
    an ounce of a drug. : How much for a zip of hash.
  7. n.
    cocaine. : He's freezing his nose with zip nearly every night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

zip definition


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.
(1996-08-26)
2. Zip Drive.
[Jargon File]
3. zip function.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
zip
compressed file
ZIP

  1. zone improvement plan

  2. Zone Information Protocol

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