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8 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), noun [Imitative.] A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\, verb (used without an object) To make, or move with, such a sound. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
zip
noun
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}]
2: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zipper}, {zip-fastener}]
verb
1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: {zip up}, {zipper}] [ant: {unzip}]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}] [also: {zipping}, {zipped}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, zoom
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
zip vt. [primarily MS-DOS] 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
zip
1. To create a compressed {archive} (a "zip file") from one or more files using {PKWare}'s {PKZIP} or a compatible {archiver}. Its use is spreading from {MS-DOS} now that portable implementations of the {algorithm} have been written. zip is also the name of a {Unix} archiving utility compatible with {PKZIP}. {unzip} is the corresponding de-archiver. See also {gzip}, {tar and feather}. 2. {Zip Drive}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-26)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ZIP Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ZIP Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)
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