According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
energy, vigor, vigour, zip
(noun) forceful exertion; “he plays tennis with great energy”; “he’s full of zip”
nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
(noun) a quantity of no importance; “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”; “reduced to nil all the work we had done”; “we racked up a pathetic goose egg”; “it was all for naught”; “I didn’t hear zilch about it”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ZIP (plural ZIPs)
(US) Initialism of Zone Improvement Plan. (see ZIP code)
(US) A ZIP code.
ZIP (uncountable)
(computing, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
ZIP (countable and uncountable, plural ZIPs)
(computing, informal) A zip file.
Onomatopoeic.
zip (plural zips)
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
(informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
(British, NZ) A zip fastener.
(slang) Zero; nothing.
A trip on a zipline.
(computing, informal) A zip file.
(programming) synonym of convolution
(slang) An ounce of marijuana.
• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
zip
(slang) Zero; nothing.
zip
(onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
• whee, whizz, zing
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.
(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.
(intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
(transitive) To make (something) move quickly
To travel on a zipline.
• (close with a zip fastener): zip up
From zip code
zip (plural zips)
(US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
(US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.
Source: Wiktionary
Zip, n. [Imitative.]
Definition: A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
Zip, v. i.
Definition: To make, or move with, such a sound.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 October 2024
(adjective) shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; “the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.