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- [zip]
- /zɪp/
- /zɪp/
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- [zip]
- /zɪp/
Definitions of zip word
- noun zip zip code. 1
- verb without object zip to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper: a handy purse that zips shut. 1
- verb without object zip to do up or undo a zipper. 1
- verb with object zip (in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring: The home team was zipped again yesterday. 1
- adjective zip utilizing or having a zipper: a coat with a zip front. 1
- adjective zip Computers. of or relating to a method of file compression: a zip file. 1
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Origin of zip
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; of expressive orig.
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Zip
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
zip popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for zip
noun zip
- energy — The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
- vigor — active strength or force.
- vigour — active strength or force.
- vitality — exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
verb zip
- whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- zoom — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- rocket — Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.
- whoosh — a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
adjective zip
- unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- zipper — Also called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
Antonyms for zip
noun zip
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
verb zip
- dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
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