Definition of Zip

Noun: zip  zip

1. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
   - slide fastener, zipper [N. Amer], zip fastener
    
2. No amount at all; something of no value or importance
   - nothing, nil, nix, nada [N. Amer], null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg [N. Amer], naught [N. Amer], zero, zilch, zippo [N. Amer], nought [Brit]
    
3. Forceful exertion
   "he's full of zip";
   - energy, vigor [US], vigour [Brit, Cdn]

Verb: zip (zipped,zipping)  zip

1. Close with a zipper
   "Zip up your jacket--it's cold";
   - zip up, zipper [N. Amer]
    
2. Move fast
   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck pace";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, hurry
    
3. (computing) compress a file or batch of files into on compressed package

Pronoun: zip  zip
Usage: N. Amer

1. Not any thing, nothing at all
   - nowt [UK, dialect], nothing, nought, naught, zilch, zippo [N. Amer], nada [N. Amer], nix

Noun: ZIP

1. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
   - ZIP code, postcode, postal code

See also:
Zionist
Ziphiidae

Anagrams containing the word zip

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