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zip¹
- /zɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
noun zips
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Energy; vigor; vim.
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A zip fastener.
Catrin: What sort of doctor wears a suit? My doctor wears a fleece. Can see his nasty little chest hairs poking through the zip…
Similar: slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper
- Zero; nothing. I know zip about economics.
- A trip on a zipline.
- A zip file.
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Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).
Similar: convolution
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Synonym of zip zap zop
Similar: zip zap zop
- An ounce of marijuana.
interjection
verb zips · zipping · zipped
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To close with a zip fastener.
Similar: zip up
- To close as if with a zip fastener. Zip your lip!
- To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound. The bullet zipped through the air.
- To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place). Zip down to the shops for some milk.
- 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.
- To travel on a zipline.
- To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
zip²
- /zɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
noun zips
- Ellipsis of zip code
ZIP³
noun ZIPs
- A zip code. For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara),
proper noun
- Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan (see ZIP Code).
- A common file format for data compression.
noun ZIPs
- A zip file.
Zip⁴
noun Zips
- 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.
Translations
Every language
noun energy, vigor, vim
| Español | brío |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schwung |
| Italiano | vigore, vivacità, brio |
| Русский | жи́вость žívostʹ |
verb to close with a zip fastener
| Español | subir el síper, cerrar el riqui |
|---|---|
| Italiano | tirare cerniera lampo |
verb to close as if with a zip fastener
| Italiano | tappare la bocca |
|---|
verb to convert a computer file into a smaller package
| Español | comprimir |
|---|---|
| Português | zipar, compactar, comprimir |
| Français | compresser, zipper |
| Deutsch | zippen |
| Italiano | zippare, comprimere |
verb to move rapidly with a high-pitched sound
| Italiano | sfrecciare |
|---|
verb to move in haste
| Italiano | affrettarsi |
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