zip
1to move with a zipping sound.
Informal. to act or move with speed or energy: I'll just zip upstairs.
to convey with speed and energy: I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.
to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up): A little garlic zips up a salad.
Origin of zip
1Other words for zip
Other definitions for zip (2 of 5)
to fasten or unfasten with a zipper: Zip your jacket.Zip open the traveling case.
to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper: Zip this money into your wallet. Zip me out of my dress.
Computers. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.
to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper: a handy purse that zips shut.
to do up or undo a zipper.
utilizing or having a zipper: a coat with a zip front.
Computers. of or relating to a method of file compression: a zip file.
Origin of zip
2Other words from zip
- zipless, adjective
Other definitions for zip (3 of 5)
zero or nothing: The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.
(in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring: The home team was zipped again yesterday.
Origin of zip
3Other definitions for Zip (5 of 5)
a floppy disk form of storage for computer data with a capacity of 100–750 MB, used primarily in the 1990s: a Zip drive;a Zip disk.
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How to use zip in a sentence
If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.
Shivering, we pulled our hats low our heads and zipped our jackets tight around our chests.
Inside the plastic bag was a zipped cloth bag, and inside that, the remains of a baby.
Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First | Steve Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter he'd leashed the huskies up to the sled, Winkelmann deftly zipped me into a tarp-like blanket.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI wanted to ask you about one piece in particular, the big polo neck that zipped up the back.
He zipped open the closure of his helmet and tilted the helmet back.
The Worshippers | Damon Francis KnightHogan watched disdainfully as the second pitch zipped past, wide of the plate.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. QuirkSkittering images of her zipped through his mind, only to be shoved aside.
The Syndic | C.M. KornbluthHe fished into one of the boxes, pulled out the blue dress and zipped the girl mech into it.
The Love of Frank Nineteen | David Carpenter KnightSome of the leaden missiles hit the ground and made little clouds of dust, and others zipped on all sides of the auto.
The Motor Boys Overland | Clarence Young
British Dictionary definitions for zip (1 of 2)
/ (zɪp) /
Also called: zip fastener a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab: US and Canadian term: zipper
(modifier) having or equipped with such a device: a zip bag
a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
informal energy; vigour; vitality
US slang nothing
sport, US and Canadian slang nil
(tr often foll by up) to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
(intr) to move with a zip: the bullet zipped past
(intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush: they zipped through town
(tr) computing to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker
Origin of zip
1British Dictionary definitions for Zip (2 of 2)
/ (zɪp) /
trademark NZ an electric water heater
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