zip1

[zip] /zɪp/
noun
1.
a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
2.
Informal. energy; vim; vigor.
verb (used without object), zipped, zipping.
3.
to move with a zipping sound.
4.
Informal. to act or move with speed or energy:
I'll just zip upstairs.
verb (used with object), zipped, zipping. Informal.
5.
to convey with speed and energy:
I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.
6.
to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up):
A little garlic zips up a salad.
Origin
1850-55; of expressive orig.
Synonyms
2. pep, dash, verve, vivacity, vitality.

zip2

[zip] /zɪp/
verb (used with object), zipped, zipping.
1.
to fasten or unfasten with a zipper:
Zip your jacket. Zip open the traveling case.
2.
to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper:
Zip this money into your wallet. Zip me out of my dress.
verb (used without object), zipped, zipping.
3.
to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper:
a handy purse that zips shut.
4.
to do up or undo a zipper.
noun
5.
a zipper.
adjective
6.
utilizing or having a zipper:
a coat with a zip front.
Origin
1935-40, Americanism; back formation from zipper
Related forms
zipless, adjective

zip3

[zip] /zɪp/
noun
1.
zero or nothing:
The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.
verb (used with object), zipped, zipping.
2.
(in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring:
The home team was zipped again yesterday.
Origin
1895-1900; Americanism; apparently an expressive word, with z- of zero; cf. zilch

zip4

[zip] /zɪp/
noun
1.
zip code.
verb (used with object), zipped, zipping.
2.
to zip-code.
Origin
by ellipsis
British Dictionary definitions for zip

zip

/zɪp/
noun
1.
  1. Also called zip fastener. a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab US and Canadian term zipper
  2. (modifier) having or equipped with such a device: a zip bag
2.
a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
3.
(informal) energy; vigour; vitality
4.
(US, slang) nothing
5.
(sport, US & Canadian, slang) nil
verb zips, zipping, zipped
6.
(transitive) often foll by up. to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
7.
(intransitive) to move with a zip: the bullet zipped past
8.
(intransitive; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush: they zipped through town
9.
(transitive) (computing) to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker
Word Origin
C19: of imitative origin

Zip

/zɪp/
noun
1.
trademark (NZ) an electric water heater
Word Origin and History for zip
v.

"move rapidly," 1852, of echoic origin. Related: Zipped; zipping. Zip gun "homemade pistol" first recorded 1950.

"to close or fasten by means of a zipper," 1932, back-formation from zipper. Related: Zipped; zipping.

n.

"zero," 1900, student slang for a grade of zero on a test, etc.; of unknown origin; cf. zilch.

adj.

1963, in U.S. postal ZIP code, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, no doubt chosen with conscious echo of zip (v.1).

Slang definitions & phrases for zip

zip 1

noun
  1. A mark or grade of zero
  2. Zero; nothing; a score of zero; zilch: People aren't exactly beating down the doors to buy California port. ''The market is zip, zero, and not too much''/ dipped into your moneybag and found zippo
Related Terms

not give a damn, not know beans

[1900+ Students; like zilch, probably coined from a familiar word beginning with z]


zip 2

noun

Energy; vitality; vim; pizzazz, zing: There is a zip and a zing here/ bounced back with the real zippo

[1900+; echoic of the sound of something swishing rapidly through the air, giving an impression of force, and also of the tearing of cloth; such a use is attested fr 1875]


zip 3

noun

A Vietnamese; dink

[Vietnam War; said to be fr zero intelligence]


zip in Technology

1. To create a compressed archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.
zip is also the name of a Unix archiving utility compatible with PKZIP. unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.
See also gzip, tar and feather.
(1996-08-26)
2. Zip Drive.
[Jargon File]
3. zip function.
Related Abbreviations for zip

zip

compressed file

ZIP

  1. zone improvement plan
  2. Zone Information Protocol