zip
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
zip
n 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}, {zip}, {zippo}]
2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid
in the sorting of mail [syn: {ZIP code}, {ZIP}, {postcode},
{postal code}]
3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's
full of zip" [syn: {energy}, {vigor}, {vigour}, {zip}]
4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of
a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zip}, {zipper}, {zip
fastener}]
v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn:
{zip up}, {zipper}, {zip}] [ant: {unzip}]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}, {zip}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
bullet.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]
Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
of a sliding tab.
Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
[WordNet 1.5]
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
zip
vt.
[primarily MS-DOS/Windows] 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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