zip

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Interjection 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Derived terms 1.2.3.2 Synonyms 1.2.3.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 See also 1.3.1.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: zĭp, IPA: /zɪp/, SAMPA: /zIp/

  Rhymes: -ɪp

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[edit] Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

[edit] Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. Energy; vigor; vim
3. (British) A zip fastener.

[edit] Synonyms

• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

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[edit] Interjection

zip!

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

[edit] Synonyms

• whee!, whizz!, zing!

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[edit] Verb

to zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   zip one's lip

3. (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.
4. (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.

5. (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.

[edit] Derived terms

• unzip
• zip-
• Zip drive
• zip file
• zip-front
• zip it
• zip one's lip
• zip up
• zip wire, zip-wire

[edit] Synonyms

• (close with a zip fastener): zip up

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[edit] Etymology 2

From zip code

[edit] Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. (US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
2. (US) Any postal code, for any country.

[edit] See also

• postcode (UK)
• postal code (UK)

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