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1. (n.) ZIP
a format for compressing electronic files for efficient storage and transfer.
Etymology: (1985–90)
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| Definition of 'ZIP' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
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"
2. (noun) ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code
a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
3. (noun) energy, vigor, vigour, zip
forceful exertion
"he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
4. (verb) slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener
a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
5. (verb) zip up, zipper, zip
close with a zipper
"Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
6. (verb) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
move very fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
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1. (verb) zip
to fasten with a zipper
Zip up your pants.
2. zip
to move somewhere very quickly
We zipped along the sidewalk on our skateboards.
3. (noun) zip
a zip code
***address and zip
4. zip
zipper
***Do up your zip.
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| Definitions of 'ZIP' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. ZIP
[primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a
group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been
written. Commonly used as follows: “I'll zip it up and send it to
you.” See tar and feather.
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Sense: (alsoˈzipper) a zip fastener.
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 Afrikaans: ritssluiter |
 Arabic: زِمام الثَّوب او البَنْطَ |
 Bulgarian: цип |
 Brazilian: zíper |
 Czech: zip |
 German: der Reißverschluß |
 Danish: lynlås |
 Greek: φερμουάρ |
 Spanish: cremallera |
 Estonian: tõmblukk |
 Farsi: زیپ |
 Finnish: vetoketju |
 French: fermetureéclair |
 Hebrew: רוֹכסָן, רִיצ'רָץ' |
 Hindi: जिप |
 Croatian: patentni zatvarač |
 Hungarian: cipzár |
 Indonesian: sleretan |
 Icelandic: rennilás |
 Italian: (chiusura lampo) |
 Japanese: ジッパー |
 Korean: 지퍼 |
 Lithuanian: užtrauktukas |
 Latvian: rāvējslēdzis |
 Malay: zip |
 Dutch: rits |
 Norwegian: glidelås |
 Polish: zamek błyskawiczny |
 Persian: زیپ |
 Pashto: ځنځير (لكه دپتلون |
 Portuguese: fechoéclair |
 Romanian: fermoar |
 Russian: застёжка-молния |
 Slovak: zips |
 Slovenian: zadrga |
 Serbian: patent-zatvarač |
 Swedish: blixtlås, dragkedja |
 Thai: ซิป |
 Turkish: fermuar |
 Taiwanese: 拉鏈 |
 Ukrainian: застібка-блискавка |
 Urdu: کپڑے کے دو سرے جوڑ کر بند |
 Vietnamese: khóa kéo |
 Chinese: 拉链 |
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