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zip   (TTS Sound)

The noun zip has 4 senses

• nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo -- (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")


• ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code -- (a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail)


• energy, vigor, vigour, zip -- (forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip")


• slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener -- (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

The verb zip has 2 senses

• zip up, zipper, zip -- (close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold")


• travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip -- (move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed")