āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to zip
01
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻĒ āĻāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to securely close a piece of clothing, a bag etc. by pulling up a sliding fastener
Transitive: to zip clothes or similar covering
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The child learned to zip their own jacket as a part of getting dressed independently.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move rapidly
Intransitive: to zip somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The car zipped along the highway, covering miles in a short amount of time.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ
āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
a device for joining two edges, usually with interlocking teeth, operated by a sliding tab
Dialect
British
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bag 's zip was stuck and would n't move.
02
a sudden, energetic movement or burst of power
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boxer delivered the punch with a zip.
03
a series of letters or digits appended to a postal address to facilitate mail sorting
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The package was delayed because the zip was missing.
04
an insignificant amount
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I got zip for my efforts.
05
āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻž
a score or amount of zero, typically indicating nothing or a lack of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scoreboard showed zip for the home team in the first half.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
unzip
zipper
zip
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
