English

Noun

zip ‎(plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. Energy; vigor; vim.
3. (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
4. Zero; nothing.
5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
7. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Synonyms

• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

Translations

Interjection

zip!

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Synonyms

• whee!, whizz!, zing!

Translations

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. (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.

5. (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.

6. (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.

7. To travel on a zipline.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (close with a zip fastener): zip up

Translations

Etymology 2

From zip code

Noun

zip ‎(plural zips)

1. (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
2. (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.

See also

• postcode (UK)
• postal code (UK)

Translations

Lojban

Rafsi

zip

1. rafsi of dzipo.