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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zip has 4 senses
- zip(n = noun.quantity) aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zippo - 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" is a kind of relative quantity
- zip(n = noun.communication) postal code, postcode, zip code - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail; Array is a kind of code
- zip(n = noun.attribute) energy, vigor, vigour - forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" is a kind of force, forcefulness, strength
- zip(n = noun.artifact) slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab; Array is a part of cardigan, dress, frock, skirt, pant, trouser
has particulars: nihil, bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, sweet fanny adams
is a part of address, destination, name and address
has particulars: athleticism, strenuosity
Derived form adjective zippy1
is a kind of fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
Derived form verb zip1
Verb zip has 2 senses
- zip(v = verb.contact) zip up, zipper - close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" is one way to fasten, fix, secure
- zip(v = verb.motion) hurry, speed, travel rapidly - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived forms noun zip4, noun zipper1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
zip, n. [Imitative.].
A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
zip, v. i.
To make, or move with, such a sound. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zip, n. & v.
--n.
1 a light fast sound, as of a bullet passing through air.
2 energy, vigour.
3 esp. Brit. a (in full zip-fastener) a fastening device of two flexible strips with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them. b (attrib.) having a zip-fastener (zip bag).
--v. (zipped, zipping)
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) fasten with a zip-fastener.
2 intr. move with zip or at high speed.
--n.
1 a light fast sound, as of a bullet passing through air.
2 energy, vigour.
3 esp. Brit. a (in full zip-fastener) a fastening device of two flexible strips with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them. b (attrib.) having a zip-fastener (zip bag).
--v. (zipped, zipping)
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) fasten with a zip-fastener.
2 intr. move with zip or at high speed.
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
zip
aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz, capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss, hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life, lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness, poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip, rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit, splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep, swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing, zoomROGET THESAURUS
zip
Zero
N zero, nothing, null, nul, naught, nought, void, cipher, goose egg, none, nobody, no one, nichts, nixie, nix, zilch, zip, zippo, not a soul, ame qui vive, absence, unsubstantiality, not one, not a one, not any, nary a one, not a, never a, not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot, not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.Sibilation
N sibilance, sibilation, zip, hiss, sternutation, high note, goose, serpent, snake (animal sounds), insect, bug, bee, mosquito, wasp, fly, tea kettle, pressure cooker, air valve, pressure release valve, safety valve, tires, air escaping from tires, punctured tire, escaping steam, steam, steam radiator, steam release valve, sibilant, hissing, wheezy, sternutative.
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