A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by
a flying bullet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
a quantity of no importance. [informal] Syn:
nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose
egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch. [WordNet 1.5]
a device for locking together two toothed edges
by means of a sliding tab. Syn: slide fastener, zipper,
zip-fastener. [WordNet 1.5]
Zip \Zip\, v. i. To make, or move with, a sound
like a zip[1]. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Word Net
zipNoun
1 a quantity of no importance; "it looked like
nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we
had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg,
naught, zero, zilch]
2 a fastener for locking together two toothed
edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: slide
fastener, zipper,
zip-fastener]
Verb
2 move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at
breakneck speed" [syn: travel
rapidly, speed,
hurry] [also: zipping, zipped]
Moby Thesaurus
aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz, capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss, hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life, lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness, poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip, rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit, splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep, swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing, zoomAcronyms
ZIP Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)ZIP Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)
see ZIP
English
Pronunciation
- zĭp, /zɪp/, /zIp/
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Noun
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Energy; vigor; vim
- A zip fastener.
Synonyms
- i-c sound whizz, zing
- i-c fastener slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Translations
high-pitched sound
- Finnish: vinkuna, viuhina (continuous), vingahdus, viuhahdus (individual)
energy, vigor, vim
- Finnish: puhti, virta
zip fastener
- Finnish: vetoketju
- German: Reisverschluss
Interjection
!- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Translations
high-pitched sound (interjection)
- Finnish: viuh
Verb
- To close with a zip fastener.
- transitive figuratively To close as if
with a zip fastener.
- zip one's lip
- To convert a computer file into a smaller package.
- (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified
direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- intransitive colloquial (followed by a
preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a
specified place).
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
Synonyms
Translations
to convert a computer file into a smaller
package
- Finnish: pakata
Etymology 2
From zip codeNoun
- Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
- Any postal code, for any country.
See also
- postcode (UK)
- postal code (UK)
Translations
US postal code
- Finnish: postinumero
- German: PLZ, Postleitzahl
any postal code
- Finnish: postinumero
- German: PLZ, Postleitzahl
zip or ZIP may refer to:
- Zipper, a device used for temporarily joining two edges of fabric.
- ZIP (file format), a file format for lossless data compression.
- ZIP code, the system of postal codes used in the United States.
zip in German: ZIP
zip in Spanish: ZIP
zip in Esperanto: ZIP
zip in French: Zip
zip in Korean: Zip
zip in Indonesian: ZIP
zip in Italian: ZIP
zip in Hebrew: ZIP
zip in Dutch: ZIP
zip in Japanese: ZIP
zip in Slovenian: ZIP
zip in Chinese:
ZIP