zip

noun

/zɪp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Definitions

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Energy
Energy; vigor; vim.
A zip fastener.
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1. 4
  Zero
  Zero; nothing.
  - I know zip about economics.
2. A trip on a zipline.
3. A zip file.
4. Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).
5. Synonym of zip zap zop
6. An ounce of marijuana.
7. 10
  Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  - `Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]
8. To close with a zip fastener.
9. 12
  To close as if with a zip fastener.
  - Zip your lip!
10. To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially…
  To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
11. To subject to the convolution mapping function.
12. 15
  To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched…
  To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
  - The bullet zipped through the air.
13. 16
  To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
  - Zip down to the shops for some milk.
14. 17
  To make (something) move quickly
  - 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.
15. To travel on a zipline.
16. To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the…
  To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
17. Ellipsis of zip code.
18. A zip code.
19. Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan (see ZIP Code).
20. A common file format for data compression.
21. 24
  A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.
  - The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.

The neighborhood

Derived

zippo, full-zip, half-zip, quarter-zip, unzip, zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip bomb, zip cuffs, zip down, Zip drive, zip file, zip-front, zip gun, zip it, zip-line, zip line, zip liner, zip-liner, zip of death, zip-off pants, zip one's lip, zip the lip, zip tie, zip-tie, zip up, zip-up, zip up one's lip, zip wire, zip-wire

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for zip. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA