zip
See also: ZIP
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
zip (plural zips)
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
- (British, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- I know zip about economics.
- A trip on a zipline.
- (computing, informal) A zip file.
- (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
- (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
Synonyms
- (sound): whizz, zing
- (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Translations
high-pitched sound
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energy, vigor, vim
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zip fastener — see zip fastener
Pronoun
zip
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- I know zip about economics.
Interjection
zip
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Synonyms
Translations
high-pitched sound (interjection)
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, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- (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.
- (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
- 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.
- To travel on a zipline.
Synonyms
- (close with a zip fastener): zip up
Derived terms
Translations
to close with a zip fastener
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to close as if with a zip fastener
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to convert a computer file into a smaller package
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to move rapidly with a high-pitched sound
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to move in haste
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Etymology 2
From zip code
Noun
zip (plural zips)
- (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
- (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.
Translations
US postal code
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any postal code
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See also
- postcode (UK)
- postal code (UK)
Spanish
Noun
zip m (plural zips)
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