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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code]
3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip]
4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener] v
1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip up, zipper, zip] [ant: unzip]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (zipped; zipping) Etymology: imitative of the sound of a speeding object Date: 1852 intransitive verb 1. to move, act, or function with speed and vigor 2. to travel with a sharp hissing or humming sound transitive verb 1. to impart speed or force to 2. to add zest, interest, or life to — often used with up 3. to transport or propel with speed II. noun Date: 1867 1. a sudden sharp hissing or sibilant sound 2. energy, vim • zipless adjective III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1900 nothing, zero <the final score was 27 to zip> IV. noun Date: 1920 chiefly British zipper V. verb (zipped; zipping) Etymology: back-formation from zipper Date: 1932 transitive verb 1. a. to close or open with or as if with a zipper b. to enclose or wrap by fastening a zipper 2. to cause (a zipper) to open or shut intransitive verb to become open, closed, or attached by means of a zipper VI. noun Usage: often all capitalized Date: 1969 zip code 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a light fast sound, as of a bullet passing through air. 2 energy, vigour. 3 esp. Brit. a (in full zip-fastener) a fastening device of two flexible strips with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them. b (attrib.) having a zip-fastener (zip bag). --v. (zipped, zipping) 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) fasten with a zip-fastener. 2 intr. move with zip or at high speed. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zip Zip, n. [Imitative.] A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Zip Zip, v. i. To make, or move with, such a sound.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(zips, zipping, zipped) 1. A zip or zip fastener is a device used to open and close parts of clothes and bags. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth which separate or fasten together as you pull a small tag along them. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use zipper) He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down slightly. N-COUNT 2. When you zip something, you fasten it using a zip. She zipped her jeans... I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags. VERB: V n, V n

Moby Thesaurus

aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz, capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit, exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go, ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss, hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life, lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness, poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip, rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit, splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep, swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing, zoom