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zippest

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zip

2  [zip] verb, zipped, zip⋅ping, noun, adjective
Use zippest in a Sentence
–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:
zipless, adjective
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zip

  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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Word Origin & History

zip  (v.2)
"to close or fasten by means of a zipper," 1932, back-formation from zipper.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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