zip¹ /zip/

1. A zip fastener
2. Energy, vigour (informal)
3. The ping or sound of a bullet striking an object or whizzing through the air
4. A whizzing sound

1. To fasten with a zip
2. To whizz
3. To be full of, act with, proceed with, or (usu zip up) infuse with, life and energy (informal)
4. To compress (a file) into a standard format (computing)

zippˈer noun (esp N American)

A zip fastener

To fasten with a zipper

zippˈered adjective

Provided with a zip fastener

zippˈy adjective (informal)

Quick, energetic or lively

zip fastener noun

A fastening device for clothes, etc, on which two sets of teeth can be opened or interlocked by pulling a slide along them

zipˈ-front, zipˈ-neck, zipˈtop, etc adjective

Having the front-, neck- or top-opening, etc fastened with a zip

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