zip
see also: ZIP
Pronunciation Noun
ZIP
Noun
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see also: ZIP
Pronunciation Noun
zip (plural zips)
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
- (British, NZ) A zip fastener.
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- I know zip about economics.
- A trip on a zipline.
- (computing, informal) A zip file.
- (programming) Synonym of convolution#English|convolution (“type of mapping function”)
- (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
- (sound) whizz, zing
- (fastener) slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- I know zip about economics.
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Italian: zip!
zip (zips, present participle zipping; past and past participle zipped)
- (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
- (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
- zip one's lip
- (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
- (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
- To travel on a zipline.
- (close with a zip fastener) zip up
- Italian: tirare cerniera lampo
- Italian: tappare la bocca
- German: zippen
- Italian: zippare, comprimere
- Portuguese: zipar
- Italian: sfrecciare
- Italian: affrettarsi
zip (plural zips)
- (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
- (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.
- German: PLZ, Postleitzahl
- German: PLZ, Postleitzahl
- Italian: CAP, codice di avviamento postale
ZIP
Noun
zip (plural zips)
Proper noun- (computing, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
zip
- (computing, informal) A zip file.
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