zip

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɪp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

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

suwak

cerniera

δραστηριότητα

zamek

zamek błyskawiczny