zipnoun
uk/zɪp/us/zɪp/zip noun (DEVICE)
B2 [ C ] UK US zipper a device consisting of two rows of metal or plastic teeth-like parts that are brought together by pulling a small sliding piece over them, used for closing openings in clothing, bags, etc.:
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- These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip up.
- If you force the zip, it'll break.
- Why didn't you tell me my zip was undone!
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Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- buckle
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- clasp
- cufflink
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- snap
- stud
- suspender
- Velcro
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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zip noun (SPEED)
[ U ] informal energy or speed:
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Speed of motion
- at full/half throttle idiom
- brisk
- burst
- celerity
- clip
- clock
- going
- ground speed
- momentum
- pacy
- rapid
- rate
- speed
- speedy
- supersonic
- swift
- throttle
- top
- velocity
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zip noun (NOTHING)
[ U ] US informal nothing:
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Something, anything, nothing, and everything
- across-the-board
- anything
- aught
- bazillion
- bugger
- fat
- fresh
- nil
- none
- not a dicky bird idiom
- not a sausage idiom
- nothing
- nowt
- sweet
- sweet fanny adams idiom
- the whole bit idiom
- the whole lot idiom
- what with one thing and another idiom
- whit
- zero
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zipverb
uk/zɪp/us/zɪp/-pp-zip verb (FASTEN)
[ I or T ] to fasten something with a zip:
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Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- buckle
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- clasp
- cufflink
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- snap
- stud
- suspender
- Velcro
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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zip verb (GO QUICKLY)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] informal to move or go somewhere very quickly:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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zip verb (COMPUTING)
[ T ] to compress (= reduce the size of) a computer file so that it uses less space, and can be more easily sent or stored:
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Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- enter
- fire
- format
- function
- hacker
- hash
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- uninstall
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