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The Meaning of zip

  • (noun) a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
  • (noun) forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
  • (noun) a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
  • (noun) 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"
  • (verb) close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
  • (verb) move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

Synonyms

nothing , nil , nix , nada , null , aught , cipher , cypher , goose egg , naught , zero , zilch , zippo , ZIP code , ZIP , postcode , postal code , energy , vigor , vigour , slide fastener , zipper , zip fastener , zip up , zipper , travel rapidly , speed , hurry

Antonyms

unzip

Homophones

zipp

Rhymes

airship , airstrip , apprenticeship , authorship , battleship , blip , brinkmanship , censorship , chairmanship , championship , chip , citizenship , clip , companionship , courtship , craftsmanship , crip , dealership , dictatorship , dip , directorship , distributorship , draftsmanship , drip , editorship , equip , fellowship , fingertip , flagship , flip , gamesmanship , generalship , gipp , governorship , grip , gripp , grippe , gyp , headship , hip , internship , ip , judgeship , kinship , kip , kipp , klipp , knipp , leadership , lightship , lip , lipp , lippe , membership , microchip , nip , nipp , one-up-manship , one-upmanship , outstrip , ownership , partnership , pip , premiership , professorship , quip , quipp , readership , receivership , relationship , rip , ripp , rippe , roundtrip , salesmanship , scholarship , scrip , scripp , ship , shipp , showmanship , sip , sipp , skip , skipp , slip , snip , spaceship , sponsorship , sportsmanship , starship , statesmanship , steamship , stewardship , stipp , strip , tip , tipp , trip , tripp , trippe , trusteeship , unzip , upmanship , warship , whip , winship , workmanship , yip , zipp