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zip

/ zip /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Type of:
fastener fastening holdfast
Has parts:
cardigan dress frock
Derived:
zip up zipper
verb Sense 2
close with a zipper
"Zip up your jacket--it''s cold"
Opposites:
unzip
Type of:
fasten fix secure
Derived:
slide fastener zipper zip-fastener
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
move very fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
flit flutter fleet dart run
Derived:
haste hurry rush rushing speed
See also:
accelerate speed up speed quicken
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
relative quantity
Kinds of:
nihil bugger all fuck all Fanny Adams sweet Fanny Adams
Derived:
zero
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
39
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

fastener fastening holdfast fasten fix secure unzip travel go move flit flutter