zip

See also: Zip, ZIP, and .zip

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zĭp, IPA(key): /zɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp
  • Audio (US):(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. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) 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 (“a type of mapping function”).
  8. Synonym of zip zap zop
  9. (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.
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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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Zip your 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.
    • 2014, Janet Cantrell, chapter 7, in Fat Cat at Large, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 58:
      “I’ll be right there,” said Chase. She zipped into the office to pour a bowl of diet treats for Quincy.
    • 2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2022:
      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[2], archived from the original on 28 October 2019:
      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.
  9. (UK politics) To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
Synonyms
  • (close with a zip fastener): zip up
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from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
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Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

  1. Ellipsis of zip code.
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See also

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zip/

Noun

zip

  1. zipper

References

  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 207

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French jupe.

Noun

zip

  1. skirt

References

  • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 345
  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 1106

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʑip/
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: zip

Verb

zip

  1. second-person singular imperative of zipać

Réunion Creole French

Alternative forms

  • jup (High Creole)

Etymology

From French jupe.

Noun

zip (Low Creole)

  1. skirt

References

  • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 394

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

  1. (computing) zip
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