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ZIP
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
Noun
ZIP (plural ZIPs)
(US) Initialism of Zone Improvement Plan. (see ZIP code)
(US) A ZIP code.
Proper noun
ZIP (uncountable)
(computing, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
Noun
ZIP (countable and uncountable, plural ZIPs)
(computing, informal) A zip file.
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Pronoun
zip
(slang) Zero; nothing.
Interjection
zip
(onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Synonyms
• whee, whizz, zing
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.
(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.
Synonyms
• (close with a zip fastener): zip up
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.
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
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