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Definition of 'zip'

Noun

  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"
       Synonyms: nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch zippo
  2. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
       Synonyms: ZIP code postcode postal code
  3. forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
       Synonyms: energy vigor vigour
  4. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
       Synonyms: slide fastener zipper zip fastener

Verb

  1. close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
       Synonyms: zip up zipper
       Antonyms: unzip
  2. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
       Synonyms: travel rapidly speed hurry


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