zip

views updated May 29 2018

zip / zip/ • v. (zipped , zip·ping ) 1. [tr.] fasten with a zipper: I zipped up my sweater. ∎  (zip someone up) fasten the zipper of a garment that someone is wearing: he zipped himself up. ∎  Comput. compress (a file) so that it takes less space in storage. 2. [intr.] inf. move at high speed: swallows zipped back and forth across the lake. ∎  [tr.] cause to move or be delivered or dealt with rapidly: he zipped a pass out to his receiver.• n. 1. (also zip fas·ten·er) chiefly Brit. a zipper. ∎  [as adj.] denoting something fastened by a zipper: a zip pocket. 2. short for zip code.• pron. (also zip·po / ˈzipō/ ) inf. nothing at all: you got zip to do with me and my kind, buddy.

zip

views updated Jun 11 2018

zip (or Zip) (zɪp) Computing zigzag in-line package
• (USA) zone improvement plan (in zip code, US postcode)

zip

views updated May 17 2018

zip slight sharp sound accompanying a movement, etc. XIX. of imit. orig. Comp. zip fastener XX.