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noun | verb zipzip1 /zɪp/ noun informal ETYMOLOGYzip1Origin: (1,2) 1800-1900 From the sound of something moving very quickly. (3) 1900-2000 zip code THESAURUS the number 0► zero the number 0: Zero times any number is still zero. ► nothing zero: The score was twenty-two to nothing. ► O used to say the number zero like the letter O: Their zip code is O two one two five (=02125). ► nil formal nothing or zero: His chances of winning were practically nil. ► zip informal zero. Used especially when saying a score: The score of the soccer game was 2 zip (=2 to 0). 1[uncountable] an exciting or interesting taste or quality: A spoonful of mustard will give the dish some zip.2[uncountable] speed or energy: a car with a lot of zip3[uncountable] zero, or nothing: The Braves lost, three-zip.► see thesaurus at zero14[countable usually singular] a ZIP code noun | verb zipzip2 verb (zipped, zipping) VERB TABLEzip |
| Present | I, you, we, they | zip | | he, she, it | zips | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | zipped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have zipped | | he, she, it | has zipped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had zipped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will zip | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have zipped |
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| Present | I | am zipping | | he, she, it | is zipping | | you, we, they | are zipping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was zipping | | you, we, they | were zipping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been zipping | | he, she, it | has been zipping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been zipping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be zipping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been zipping |
► zip something open/closed/shut Olsen zipped the bag shut. THESAURUSclothes/bag etc.► fastena) to join together the two sides of a coat, shirt, bag, etc. so that it is closed: Please fasten your seat belts. With the strap fastened, you should not be able to get the bike helmet off.b) to become joined together with buttons, hooks, etc.: Does the dress fasten in the back? Many children’s shoes now fasten with Velcro. ► button (also button up) to fasten buttons on clothes: Button up your jacket – it’s cold out there. ► zip (also zip up) to close or fasten something with a zipper: She zipped up her suitcase and carried it out to the car. ► tie to fasten something by making a knot: Tie your shoes – the laces are dragging on the ground. 1[transitive] to open or close something using a zipper: Could you zip my dress?zip something open/closed/shut Olsen zipped the bag shut.► see thesaurus at fasten2[intransitive always + adv./prep.] if a piece of clothing, a bag, etc. zips in a particular place or way, it opens or closes in that place or way using a zipper: The dress zips down the back.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to do something or go somewhere very quickly: zip through/past/down etc. A few cars zipped by.4[transitive] computers to make a computer document smaller so that it is easier to store or move OPP unzip5zip your lip (also zip it) spoken informal used to tell someone not to say anything about something, or to tell him or her to be quietzip up phrasal verb1zip something ↔ up to fasten something such as a piece of clothing using a zipper OPP unzip2zip somebody ↔ up to close the zipper on a piece of clothing that someone else is wearing3 to fasten your clothes using a zipper4 if a piece of clothing zips up in a particular place or way, it fastens in that place or way using a zipper |