zip

Meanings

Noun

• The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
• Energy; vigor; vim.
• A zip fastener.
• Zero; nothing.
• A trip on a zipline.
• A zip file.
• Synonym of convolution
• An ounce of marijuana.

Interjection

• Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Verb

• To close with a zip fastener.
• To close as if with a zip fastener.
• To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
• To subject to the convolution mapping function.
• (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
• (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
• To make (something) move quickly
• To travel on a zipline.

Related

Similar words

• whizz, zing
• slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
• whee, whizz, zing
• zip up

Origin

• Onomatopoeic.