zip
🇺🇸
/zɪp/
🇬🇧
/zɪp/
noun
R
A fastener for clothes and bags with two rows of teeth that lock together.
The zip on my jacket is broken.
R
Energy or speed.
She has a lot of zip in her step today.
R
Nothing at all.
I know zip about that topic.
verb
R
To close or open something using a zip.
Please zip up your coat before going outside.
R
To be closed or opened with a zip.
These bags zip together to make one large bag.
R
To move or make something move very fast.
The car zipped down the road at high speed.
R
To make a computer file smaller.
You need to zip the files before emailing them.
translation
A fastener for clothes and bags with two rows of teeth that lock together.; Energy or speed.; Nothing at all.
To close or open something using a zip.; To be closed or opened with a zip.; To move or make something move very fast.; To make a computer file smaller.
Word Forms
Plural
zips
Past
zipped
Progressive
zipping
Perfect
zipped
3rd Present
zips