1. Close with a zipper
   "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
   - zip up, zipper [N. Amer] 
2. Move very fast
   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
   - travel rapidly, speed, hurry

1. A quantity of no importance
   - nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught [N. Amer], zero, zilch, zippo [N. Amer] 
2. Forceful exertion
   "he's full of zip"
   - energy, vigor [US], vigour [Brit, Cdn] 
3. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
   - slide fastener, zipper [N. Amer], zip fastener

1. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
   - ZIP code, postcode, postal code

Derived forms: zipped, zipping, zips

See also: zippy

Type of: code, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, force, forcefulness, go, holdfast, locomote, move, relative quantity, secure, strength, travel

Part of: address, cardie [Brit], cardigan, cardy [Brit], dack [Austral, NZ], dak [Austral, NZ], destination, dress, frock, name and address, pant [N. Amer], skirt, trouser

Encyclopedia: ZIP

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