# zip
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: zĭp, IPA: /zɪp/
* Rhymes: -ɪp
* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

zip (plural zips)
* The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
* (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
* (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
* (slang) Zero; nothing.
    I know zip about economics.
* A trip on a zipline.
* (computing, informal) A zip file.
* (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
* (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

##### Synonyms

* (sound): whizz, zing
* (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

##### Derived terms

* zippo (“zero”)

##### Translations
#### Interjection

zip
* (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
** 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 35:`Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]

##### Synonyms

* whee, whizz, zing

##### Translations
#### Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)
* (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
* (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
    zip one's lip
* (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
* (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
* (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
    The bullet zipped through the air.
* (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
    Zip down to the shops for some milk.
** 2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times‎:Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very effective.
* (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
** 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎:Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.
* To travel on a zipline.

##### Synonyms

* (close with a zip fastener): zip up

##### Derived terms

* full-zip
* half-zip
* quarter-zip
* unzip
* zip-
* zip-a-dee-doo-dah
* zip bomb
* zip cuffs
* zip down
* Zip drive
* zip file
* zip-front
* zip gun
* zip it
* zip-line
* zip line
* zip-liner
* zip liner
* zip of death
* zip-off pants
* zip one's lip
* zip the lip
* zip-tie
* zip tie
* zip up
* zip-up
* zip up one's lip
* zip wire, zip-wire

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

zip (plural zips)
* Ellipsis of zip code.

##### Translations
### See also

* zip coon

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zip/

### Noun

zip
* zipper

### References

* Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN Invalid ISBN)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʑip/
* Rhymes: -ip
* Syllabification: zip

### Verb

zip
* second-person singular imperative of zipać

## Spanish
### Noun

zip m (plural zips)
* (computing) zip