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Zip

//zɪp// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. onomatopoeic

    "`Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan (see ZIP Code). US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 2
    A common file format for data compression. uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of zip code. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. 3
    A zip code. US

    "For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara), at $4.85 million."

  4. 4
    A zip file. countable, informal, uncountable
  5. 5
    A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States. US, derogatory, slang, sometimes

    "The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf."

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  1. 6
    a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab wordnet
  2. 7
    Energy; vigor; vim. informal
  3. 8
    forceful exertion wordnet
  4. 9
    A zip fastener. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
  5. 10
    a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail wordnet
  6. 11
    Zero; nothing. slang

    "I know zip about economics."

  7. 12
    a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential wordnet
  8. 13
    A trip on a zipline.
  9. 14
    A zip file. informal
  10. 15
    Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”).
  11. 16
    Synonym of zip zap zop
  12. 17
    An ounce of marijuana. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To close with a zip fastener. transitive
  2. 2
    close with a zipper wordnet
  3. 3
    To close as if with a zip fastener. figuratively, transitive

    "Zip your lip!"

  4. 4
    move very fast wordnet
  5. 5
    To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format. transitive
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  1. 6
    To subject to the convolution mapping function. transitive
  2. 7
    To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound. intransitive

    "The bullet zipped through the air."

  3. 8
    To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place). colloquial, intransitive

    "Zip down to the shops for some milk."

  4. 9
    To make (something) move quickly transitive

    "Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect."

  5. 10
    To travel on a zipline.
  6. 11
    To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women. UK

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

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