Zip \Zip\, v. i.
   To make, or move with, a sound like a zip[1].
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

	

	Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
   1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
      bullet.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]

   Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
        cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
      of a sliding tab.

   Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
        [WordNet 1.5]

	

	zip
    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]

	

	154 Moby Thesaurus words for "zip":
   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

	

	ZIP
       Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)

	

	ZIP
       Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)

	

	zip
 vt.

    [primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a group of
    files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is spreading
    now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been written.
    Commonly used as follows: ?I'll zip it up and send it to you.? See tar and
    feather.

	

	zip
zip file
zipped
zipped file

   1.  To create a compressed
   archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using
   PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver.  Its use is
   spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of
   the algorithm have been written.

   zip is also the name of a Unix archiving utility compatible
   with PKZIP.  unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.

   See also gzip, tar and feather.

   (1996-08-26)

   2.  Zip Drive.

   [Jargon File]

   3.  zip function.