 8 definitions found
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 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 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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