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zip up

verb zips up · zipping up · zipped up

  1. transitive To close with a zip fastener. Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.
  2. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking. I'll zip up my lip.
  3. transitive To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Similar: do up, zip · Opposite: undo, unzip, zip down

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verb

Similar: do up, zip · Opposite: undo, unzip, zip down

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verb To zip up literally with a zipper

Españolsubir el síper, cerrar el riqui
日本語…のファスナーを締める … no fasunā o shimeru

verb To compress a computer file

日本語圧縮する asshuku suru
Françaiscompresser

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"zip up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zip%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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zip up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zip%20up

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"zip up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zip%20up.

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@misc{zip_up_2026,
  title = {zip up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zip%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}