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Definition of zip

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". Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zippo.
• a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail. Synonyms: ZIP, ZIP code, postal code, postcode.
• forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy", "he's full of zip". Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour.
• a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab. Synonyms: slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper.

verb:

• close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold". Synonyms: zip up, zipper. Antonyms: unzip.
• move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed". Synonyms: hurry, speed, travel rapidly.

Related words

athleticism, dart, fleet, flit, flutter, nihil, run, strenuosity, whizz, zoom.

Words nearby

dip, gip, hip, ip, kip, lip, nip, pip, rip, sip, tip, vip, yip, zap, zep, zib, zig, zit.

Rhymes with

blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, equip, flip, grip, gyp, hip, ip, kip, lip, microchip, nip, outstrip, pip, quip, rip, scrip.