Zip

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brief sharp hissing sound.
  • n. Energy; vim.
  • n. A zipper.
  • n. Slang Nothing; nil; zero: received zip for money after doing the job for them.
  • verb-intransitive. To move with a sharp hissing sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.
  • verb-intransitive. To act or proceed swiftly and energetically: zipped through her homework.
  • verb-intransitive. To become fastened or unfastened by a zipper.
  • v. To give speed and force to.
  • v. To impart life or zest to.
  • v. To fasten or unfasten with a zipper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • n. Energy; vigor; vim
  • n. A zip fastener.
  • n. Zero; nothing
  • n. A trip on a zipline
  • interjection. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • v. To close with a zip fastener.
  • v. To close as if with a zip fastener.
  • v. To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
  • v. (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
  • v. (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
  • v. To make (something) move quickly
  • v. To travel on a zipline.
  • n. Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
  • n. Any postal code, for any country.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
  • verb-intransitive. To make, or move with, such a sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The sound of a bullet passing through the air or striking against an object.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a quantity of no importance
  • v. close with a zipper
  • n. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
  • n. forceful exertion
  • v. move very fast
  • n. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
  • Verb Form
    zipped    zipping    zips   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fix    secure    fasten    code    fixing    holdfast    fastener    fastening   
    Cross Reference
    postcode    postal code   
    Variant
    zipping    zipped   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sound    whizz    zing    zip fastener    zipper    slide fastener    whee    zip up   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chip    Crip    Flip    Kip    Nip    Pip    blip    chip    clip    crip   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    zilch    Velcro    gzip    zipper    rar    txt    executable