Meaning of zip in English

1. Pronunciation

   /zɪp/

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1. Verb

   zip

   Etymology

   mid 19th century: imitative

   Definitions

   1. close with a zipper

   Examples

   • « Zip up your jacket--it's cold »

   Antonyms

   • unzip
2. 2. move very fast

   Examples

   • « The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed »

3. Noun

   zip

   Definitions

   1. a quantity of no importance

   Examples

   • « 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 »
4. 2. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab