zip
/zɪp/
noun
- A device used to fasten clothing, bags, or other items, consisting of two rows of teeth that interlock when pulled together; a zipper.
- The zip on my jacket got stuck halfway up.
- Make sure the zip is fully fastened before you go out.
- She pulled the zip of her sleeping bag closed.
- Energy, liveliness, or speed.
- This salsa has a lot of zip from the lime and chili.
- Add some lemon juice to give the dish extra zip.
- The team played with real zip in the second half.
- A short, sharp sound like that of something moving quickly through the air.
- There was a sudden zip, and the kite shot upward.
- We heard the zip of a bullet fly past.
- The arrow made a soft zip as it hit the target.
- A file that has been compressed using a zip program.
- Download the zip and extract the files to your desktop.
- I attached a zip of the documents to the email.
- The zip contains all the images from the trip.
verb
- To close or fasten something using a zipper.
- She zipped her backpack shut and ran to the bus.
- Please zip your jacket before going outside.
- He couldn't zip his suitcase because it was too full.
- To move or travel very quickly.
- The sports car zipped past us on the highway.
- I'll just zip to the store and be back in five minutes.
- A small bird zipped through the garden and disappeared.
- To compress a computer file into a smaller size using a program like WinZip or gzip.
- You should zip the folder before emailing it.
- The file is too large, so I'll zip it first.
- I zipped the photos to save space on my hard drive.