zip
1- a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
- Informal. energy; vim; vigor.
- to 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
1Synonyms for zip
zip
2- 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.
- 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.
- (initial capital letter) Trademark. noting or relating to 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.
Origin of zip
2zip
3- 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
3Related Words for zipped
vigor, sparkle, pep, oomph, verve, dash, waltz, hurry, zoom, pizzazz, life, gusto, get-up-and-go, zest, drive, vitality, punch, liveliness, zing, brioExamples from the Web for zipped
Contemporary Examples of zipped
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.
I wanted to ask you about one piece in particular, the big polo neck that zipped up the back.
It zipped across in a few seconds, causing massive explosions that blew out thousands of windows and broke roofs and walls.
Historical Examples of zipped
She zipped him into a venusuit and fitted a small helmet on his head.
WindCharles Louis Fontenay
He zipped open the closure of his helmet and tilted the helmet back.
The WorshippersDamon Francis Knight
He eeled into the pressure suit and zipped it up to his neck.
The AliensMurray Leinster
Harmlessly a bullet or two zipped after him as he disappeared.
Brand BlottersWilliam MacLeod Raine
As he zipped open the briefcase he surveyed his features in the mirror.
Monkey On His BackCharles V. De Vet
Zip
- trademark NZ an electric water heater
zip
- Also called: zip fastenera 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 tabUS and Canadian term: zipper
- (modifier)having or equipped with such a devicea 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 zipthe bullet zipped past
- (intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rushthey 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
Word Origin for zip
Word Origin and History for zipped
zip
1963, in U.S. postal ZIP code, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, no doubt chosen with conscious echo of zip (v.1).
zip
"move rapidly," 1852, of echoic origin. Related: Zipped; zipping. Zip gun "homemade pistol" first recorded 1950.
zip
"zero," 1900, student slang for a grade of zero on a test, etc.; of unknown origin; cf. zilch.
zip
"to close or fasten by means of a zipper," 1932, back-formation from zipper. Related: Zipped; zipping.