zip

Meaning

Noun

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A zip fastener.
4. (slang) Zero; nothing.
5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (informal) A zip file.
7. Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”).
8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Intj

Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Verb

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To close as if with a zip fastener.
3. (transitive) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
4. (transitive) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
5. (intransitive) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
6. (colloquial, intransitive) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
8. To travel on a zipline.
9. (UK) To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.

Synonyms

zipper

zip fastener

slide fastener

vigor

speed

vigour

cypher

zip up

whiz

nothing

energy

zilch

zoom

goose egg

zero

aught

cipher

zip-fastener

zippo

nada

compress

pep

travel rapidly

post code

nix

nil

naught

swish

hurry

good-for-nothing

gallop

fly

✈️

close up

bolt

flow

flash

close off

fizzle

fizz

close

blow

blockade

pipe

parade

obturate

dud

nought

pound

💷

pull chain

drift

Translations

cremallera

fermeture à glissière

ritssluiting

φερμουάρ

silbido

fermeture Éclair

cremallera

zíper

Reißverschluss

fermeture éclair

cerniera

δραστηριότητα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɪp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.