zip

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See also: Zip and ZIP

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zĭp, IPA(key): /zɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

zip (plural zips)

  1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
  3. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A zip fastener.
  4. (slang) Zero; nothing.
    I know zip about economics.
  5. A trip on a zipline.
  6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
  7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (type of mapping function)
  8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
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Interjection

zip

  1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 35:
      `Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]
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Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

  1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
    zip one's lip
  3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
  4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
  5. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
    The bullet zipped through the air.
  6. (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
    Zip down to the shops for some milk.
    • 2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times:
      Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very effective.
  7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
    • 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
      Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.
  8. To travel on a zipline.
Synonyms
  • (close with a zip fastener): zip up
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Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

  1. Ellipsis of zip code.
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Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Noun

zip

  1. zipper

References

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Spanish

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

  1. (computing) zip