Definition of Zip

  • (noun) a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
  • (noun) forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
  • (noun) a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
  • (noun) 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"
  • (verb) close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
  • (verb) move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

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