zippo
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Adjective
zippo (not comparable)
- (slang) None whatsoever
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Translations
none whatsoever
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Etymology 2
Popular slang among American soldiers in the Vietnam War; from the Zippo brand of lighter.
Alternative forms
Verb
zippo (third-person singular simple present zippos, present participle zippoing, simple past and past participle zippoed)
- (slang) To light on fire.
- 2012, Tom Knox, The Lost Goddess[1]:
- The youth climbed off, Zippoed a wick in a glass bottle and walked towards Jake's flat.
- 2009, Nigel Cawthorne, Vietnam[2]:
- Once the last villagers had left Ben Suc, the buildings were doused with petrol and zippoed.
- 1987, Reuben Noel, Nancy Noel, Saigon for a song[3]:
- I didn't want to burn 'em out, but that's policy. So we zippoed their hooch.
Italian
Verb
zippo