Zip

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
     1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
        bullet.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]


  
     Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
          cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
        of a sliding tab.
  
     Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zip \Zip\, v. i.
     To make, or move with, a sound like a zip[1].
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zip
       n 1: 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" [syn: {nothing},
             {nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {null}, {aught}, {cipher}, {cypher},
             {goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}]
       2: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means
          of a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zipper}, {zip-fastener}]
       v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: {zip
            up}, {zipper}] [ant: {unzip}]
       2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
          speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}]
       [also: {zipping}, {zipped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  154 Moby Thesaurus words for "zip":
     aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate,
     assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along,
     breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz,
     capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive,
     effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit,
     exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly,
     fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness,
     frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go,
     ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss,
     hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life,
     lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind,
     pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness,
     poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip,
     rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing,
     sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing,
     sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness,
     sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle,
     speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit,
     splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash,
     squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep,
     swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim,
     vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle,
     whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing,
     zoom
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ZIP
       Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ZIP
       Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  zip vt. [primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive from a group
     of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
     spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been
     written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and send it to you."
     See {tar and feather}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  zip
       
          1.  To create a compressed
          {archive} (a "zip file") from one or more files using
          {PKWare}'s {PKZIP} or a compatible {archiver}.  Its use is
          spreading from {MS-DOS} now that portable implementations of
          the {algorithm} have been written.
       
          zip is also the name of a {Unix} archiving utility compatible
          with {PKZIP}.  {unzip} is the corresponding de-archiver.
       
          See also {gzip}, {tar and feather}.
       
          2.  {Zip Drive}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-08-26)