zip
IPA: zˈɪp
noun
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
- (Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A zip fastener.
- (slang) Zero; nothing.
- A trip on a zipline.
- (computing, informal) A zip file.
- (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
- (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
- (US) A zip code.
- (file format, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
- (US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.
- Ellipsis of zip code. [(US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.]
- (US) Initialism of Zone Improvement Plan. (see ZIP Code)
verb
- (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
- (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
- (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.
- (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
- To travel on a zipline.
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Examples of "zip" in Sentences
- Because 3x zip is still zip. blog comments powered by Disqus
- So so levels across the entire area and then a HUGE spike in zip code 22211.
- Double-bagging in zip-locks does well, too b/c you can use it without having to take it out.
- $_POST [ 'city']; $zip = $_POST [ 'zip']; $phone = $_POST [ 'phone']; $fax = $_POST [ 'fax'];
- Put the fish in zip lock bags and either freeze them in a block of water, or get them cold in the fridge.
- Included in the zip is a pdo file which you can open using the pepakura viewer whichyou can download for free.
- The exhilarating zip is all thanks to its remarkable 261bhp engine – the same engine that appears in Audi's S3 and Golf's R.
- “Grand Torino” gives the mirror-image results of Tyler Perry movies: it is a movie consumed in zip codes that skew wealthy, white, and middle aged. roac Says:
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