Hypertext Webster Gateway: "zip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zip \Zip\, n. [Imitative.]
A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
bullet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zip \Zip\, v. i.
To make, or move with, such a sound.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
2: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means
of a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zipper}, {zip-fastener}]
v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: {zip
up}, {zipper}] [ant: {unzip}]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}]
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