Zip - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|zɪp|
Brit.
|zɪp|
noun
- a quantity of no importance (syn: aught, cipher, cypher, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch)
- a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
- forceful exertion (syn: energy, vigor, vigour)
- a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
- forceful exertion (syn: energy, vigor, vigour)
he's full of zip
- a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab (syn: zipper)verb
- close with a zipper (syn: zipper)
- move very fast (syn: hurry, speed)
- move very fast (syn: hurry, speed)
The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed
Extra examples
The zip on my skirt had broken.
Your zip's undone at the back.
This car goes with a bit more zip than my last one.
A spoonful of mustard will give the dish some zip.
We beat them 10 to zip.
'How much money do you have left?' 'Zip!'
'I'll see you tomorrow,' said John, zipping his jacket.
Olsen zipped the bag shut.
He zipped open the case (=unfastened it).
The two sleeping bags can be zipped together to make a double.
We zipped through customs in no time.
The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: zip
he/she/it: zips
present participle: zipping
past tense: zipped
past participle: zipped
I/you/we/they: zip
he/she/it: zips
present participle: zipping
past tense: zipped
past participle: zipped
noun
singular: zip
plural: zips
singular: zip
plural: zips
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