zip

English Online Dictionary. What means zip‎? What does zip mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: zĭp, IPA^(key): /zɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
3. (British, New Zealand, Australia) A zip fastener.
4. (slang) Zero; nothing.

5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Synonyms

• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

Translations

Interjection

zip

1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Synonyms

• whee, whizz, zing

Translations

Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   zip one's lip

3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
5. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

6. (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) 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.

Synonyms

• (close with a zip fastener): zip up

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. Ellipsis of zip code.

Translations

See also

• zip coon

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zip/

Noun

zip

1. zipper

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN )

Spanish

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

1. (computing) zip