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zip
(zĭp)n.
1. A brief sharp hissing sound.
2. Energy; vim: I just don't have any zip today.
3. A zipper.
4. Slang Nothing; nil; zero: He knows zip about the restaurant business.
v. zipped, zip·ping, zips
v.intr.
1.
a. To move with a sharp hissing sound.
b. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.
2. To act or proceed swiftly and energetically: zipped through her homework.
3. To become fastened or unfastened by a zipper: The dress zips up the back.
v.tr.
1. To cause to move with speed and force: zipped the ball to a teammate.
2. To fasten or unfasten with a zipper: zipped up his jacket.
[Imitative.]
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zip
(zɪp)n
1. (Knitting & Sewing)
a. Also called: zip fastener a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab. US and Canadian term: zipper
b. (modifier) having or equipped with such a device: a zip bag.
2. a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
3. informal energy; vigour; vitality
4. slang US nothing
5. (General Sporting Terms) sport slang US and Canadian nil
vb, zips, zipping or zipped
6. (Clothing & Fashion) (often foll by: up) to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
7. (intr) to move with a zip: the bullet zipped past.
8. (intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush: they zipped through town.
9. (Computer Science) (tr) computing to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker
[C19: of imitative origin]
Zip
(zɪp)n
(Electronics) trademark NZ an electric water heater
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ZIP
(zɪp)n.
a format for compressing electronic files for efficient storage and transfer.
[1985–90]
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zip
Past participle: zipped
Gerund: zipping
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| Noun | 1. |  zip - 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"relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" |
| 2. | ZIP - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy name and address, destination, address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | |
| 3. |  zip - forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"forcefulness, strength, force - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" athleticism, strenuosity - intense energy; "his music is characterized by a happy athleticism" | |
| 4. |  zip - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tabcardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women | |
| Verb | 1. |  zip - close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" |
| 2. |  zip - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" dart, fleet, flit, flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
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zip
verb
noun
1. (Informal) energy, go (informal), life, drive, spirit, punch (informal), pep, sparkle, vitality, vigour, verve, zest, gusto, welly (slang), get-up-and-go (informal), oomph (informal), brio, zing (informal), liveliness, vim (slang), pizzazz or pizazz (informal) He gave the choreography his usual class and zip.
energy apathy, inertia, lethargy, indifference, laziness, sloth, sluggishness, listlessness
energy apathy, inertia, lethargy, indifference, laziness, sloth, sluggishness, listlessness
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zip
noun1. Informal. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity:
2. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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Translations
أزيز الرَّصاصرَقْم المِنْطَقَهزِمام الثَّوب او البَنْطَلون، سَحّابزِمَامٌ مُنْزَلِقيَئِزُّ
zippoštovní směrovací číslosvistsvištětzapnout zip
lynelynlåspostnummersussuse
vetoketjuvingahdusvinkunavirtaviuh
patentni zatvaračzakopčati patentni zatvarač
cipzár
hvína, òjótahvinur, òyturpóstnúmerrenna upprennilás
ファスナーファスナーを締める
...을 지퍼로 잠그다지퍼
aizvilkt rāvējslēdzidžinkstēšanadžinkstētpasta indekss/kodsrāvējslēdzis
fičaniepoštové smerovacie číslosvišťanie
zadrga
blixtlåsstänga blixtlås
ซิปรูดซิป
kéo phéc-mơ-tuyaphéc-mơ-tuya
zip
[zɪp]A. N
1. (Brit) (also zip fastener) → cremallera f, cierre m relámpago (LAm)
B. VT
1. (= close) [+ dress, bag] → cerrar la cremallera de
2. to zip open → abrir la cremallera de
D. CPD zip code N (US) → código m postal
zip-fastener N → cremallera f, cierre m relámpago (LAm)
zip gun N (US) → arma f de fuego de fabricación casera
zip-fastener N → cremallera f, cierre m relámpago (LAm)
zip gun N (US) → arma f de fuego de fabricación casera
zip up
A. VT + ADV [+ dress, bag] → cerrar la cremallera de
can you zip me up please? → ¿me subes or cierras la cremallera?
can you zip me up please? → ¿me subes or cierras la cremallera?
B. VI + ADV → cerrar
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zip
[ˈzɪp] vt [+ bag, jacket, jeans] → fermer (avec une fermeture Éclair®)
vi (= move quickly) to zip past → passer comme une flèche
to zip past sth → passer comme une flèche devant qch
to zip along to the supermarket → passer en vitesse au supermarché
to zip past sth → passer comme une flèche devant qch
zip along
vi → passer en vitesseto zip along to the supermarket → passer en vitesse au supermarché
zip up
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ZIP
(US) abbr of zone improvement plan → PLZzip
n
(Brit: = fastener) → Reißverschluss m
(inf: = energy) → Schwung m; we need a bit more zip in these translations → wir müssen etwas mehr Schwung in diese Übersetzungen kriegen (inf)
(inf: = nothing) → nichts, nix (inf)
vt to zip something shut/open → etw mit einem Reißverschluss schließen/öffnen; it zips shut/open → es lässt sich mit einem Reißverschluss schließen/öffnen; to zip a dress/bag → den Reißverschluss eines Kleides/einer Tasche zumachen or zuziehen; to zip a file → eine Datei zippen
vi (inf, car) → flitzen (inf); (person also) → wetzen (inf); to zip past/along etc → vorbei-/daherflitzen etc (inf); he zipped through the book in no time → er hatte das Buch in null Komma nichts durch (inf)
zip
:zip code
n (US) → Postleitzahl f
zip fastener
n (Brit) → Reißverschluss m
zip file
n → Zipdatei f
zip gun
n (US) → selbst gebastelte Pistole
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zip
[zɪp]1. n
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
zip1
(zip) noun1. (also ˈzipper) a zip fastener.
2. a whizzing sound. They heard the zip of a flying bullet.
verb – past tense, past participle zipped – 1. to fasten with a zip fastener. She zipped up her trousers; This dress zips at the back.
2. to move with a whizzing sound. A bullet zipped past his head.
zip fastener (usually zipor ˈzipper) a device for fastening clothes etc, in which two rows of metal or nylon teeth are made to fit each other when a sliding tab is pulled along them.
zip2
(zip) : zip code in the United States, a postal code, usually having the form of a five-figure number, placed at the end of an address.
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zip
→ زِمَامٌ مُنْزَلِق, يُغْلِقُ زِمَاماً مُنْزَلِقاً zapnout zip, zip lyne, lynlås den Reißverschluss zumachen, Reißverschluss κλείνω φερμουάρ, φερμουάρ cerrar la cremallera, cremallera sulkea vetoketju, vetoketju fermer, fermeture éclair patentni zatvarač, zakopčati patentni zatvarač cerniera lampo, chiudere la lampo ファスナー, ファスナーを締める ...을 지퍼로 잠그다, 지퍼 rits, ritsen glidelås, lukke glidelåsen zamek, zapiąć fechar o fecho de correr, fechar o zíper, fecho de correr, zíper застегивать на молнию, застежка-молния blixtlås, stänga blixtlås ซิป, รูดซิป fermuar, kapatmak kéo phéc-mơ-tuya, phéc-mơ-tuya 拉拉链, 拉链Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009