zip

nom

1. 1

   The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

2. 2

   familierEnergy; vigor; vim.

3. 3

   A zip fastener.

   Catrin: What sort of doctor wears a suit? My doctor wears a fleece. Can see his nasty little chest hairs poking through the zip…

4. 4

   argotZero; nothing.

   I know zip about economics.

5. 5

   A trip on a zipline.

6. 6

   familierA zip file.

7. 7

   Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).

8. 8

   Synonym of zip zap zop

9. 9

   argotAn ounce of marijuana.

interjection

1. 1

   Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

   `Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]

verbe

1. 1

   To close with a zip fastener.

2. 2

   figuréTo close as if with a zip fastener.

   Zip your lip!

3. 3

   To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.

4. 4

   To subject to the convolution mapping function.

5. 5

   To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

   The bullet zipped through the air.

6. 6

   To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

   Zip down to the shops for some milk.

   Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very effective.

7. 7

   To make (something) move quickly

   Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.

8. 8

   To travel on a zipline.

9. 9

   To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.

nom

1. 1

   Variante de zip codeEllipsis of zip code.

Formes

pluriel

zips

passé

zipped

participe passé

zipped

participe présent

zipping

3ᵉ personne du singulier

zips