From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\, v. i.
To make, or move with, a sound like a zip[1].
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
bullet.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]
Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
of a sliding tab.
Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zip
n 1: 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" [syn: {nothing},
{nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {null}, {aught}, {cipher}, {cypher},
{goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}, {zippo}]
2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid
in the sorting of mail [syn: {ZIP code}, {ZIP}, {postcode},
{postal code}]
3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's
full of zip" [syn: {energy}, {vigor}, {vigour}, {zip}]
4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of
a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zip}, {zipper}, {zip
fastener}]
v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn:
{zip up}, {zipper}, {zip}] [ant: {unzip}]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}, {zip}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
zip
vt.
[primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a group of
files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading
now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.
Commonly used as follows: ?I'll zip it up and send it to you.? See {tar and
feather}.
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
ZIP
Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
ZIP
Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
zip /zip/
zipper
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