zip (zɪp
)
Definitions
noun
- 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 termzipper - (modifier) having or equipped with such a device ⇒
a zip bag
- Also called
- a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
- informal energy; vigour; vitality
- US slang nothing
- sport US Canadian slang nil
verb
Word forms: zips, zipping, zipped
- (tr) often foll by up to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
- (intr) to move with a zip ⇒
the bullet zipped past
- (intr; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush ⇒
they zipped through town
- (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
Word Origin
C19: of imitative originTranslations
- British English:
zip
A zip is a device used to open and close parts of clothes and bags. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth which separate or fasten together as you pull a small tag along them.He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down.zɪp NOUN He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down.
- Spanish:
cremallera
nf
- French:
fermeture éclair
nf
- German:
Reißverschluss
nm Reißverschlüsse
- Chinese: 拉链 n
- Arabic: زِمَامٌ مُنْزَلِق n
- Portuguese: fecho de correr nm
- Russian: застежка-молния nf
- Croatian: patentni zatvarač nm
- Czech: zip nm
- Danish: lynlås nutr
- Dutch: rits n
- Finnish: vetoketju n
- Greek: φερμουάρ nnt
- Italian: cerniera lampo nf
- Japanese: ファスナー n
- Korean: 지퍼 n
- Norwegian: glidelås nm
- Polish: zamek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: zíper nm
- European Spanish:
cremallera
nf
- Swedish: blixtlås nnt
- Thai: ซิป n
- Turkish: fermuar n
- Vietnamese: phéc-mơ-tuya n
- British English:
zip
When you zip something, you fasten it using a zip.She zipped her jeans.zɪp VERB She zipped her jeans.
- Spanish: cerrar la cremallera v
- French:
fermer
vt
- German: den Reißverschluss zumachen v
- Chinese: 拉拉链 vt
- Arabic: يُغْلِقُ زِمَاماً مُنْزَلِقاً vt
- Portuguese: fechar o fecho de correr vt
- Russian: застегивать на молнию vt
- Croatian: otvoriti ili zatvoriti patentni zatvarač v
- Czech: zapnout zip vt zapínat zip
- Danish: lyne v
- Dutch: ritsen vt
- Finnish: sulkea vetoketju v
- Greek: κλείνω φερμουάρ v
- Italian: chiudere la lampo v
- Japanese: ファスナーを締める v
- Korean: ...을 지퍼로 잠그다 vt
- Norwegian: lukke glidelåsen v
- Polish: zapiąć vt zapinać
- Brazilian Portuguese: fechar o zíper vt
- European Spanish: cerrar la cremallera v
- Swedish: stänga blixlås vt
- Thai: รูดซิป vi
- Turkish: kapatmak vt
- Vietnamese: kéo phéc-mơ-tuya v
Usage examples
While Phil Spence fumbled obediently with his zip fastener Paula stalked past him into what she took for the kitchen.
, MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)exe file in a zip document makes it harder for virus filters to spot.
New Scientist (2003)Briatore did say, though, that the 21-year-old Alonso's podium finish put some zip into the young F-1 season.
Toronto Sun (2003)Asked if he had been silenced, he made a motion across his lips like a zip and said, `Exactly.
Independent (1999)But the zip would not do up and the bag itself was not strong enough to allow us to carry the body properly.
, Broken Lives (1993)