Meaning

9 senses
  1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

    свистsvist

  2. (informal)Energy; vigor; vim.

    Schwung

    жи́востьžívostʹ

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A zip fastener.

  4. (slang)Zero; nothing.

    I know zip about economics.

  5. A trip on a zipline.

  6. (informal)A zip file.

  7. Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).

  8. Synonym of zip zap zop

  9. (slang)An ounce of marijuana.

More definitions
  • a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
  • a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
  • forceful exertion
  • a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

Examples

124 sentences
  1. You should zip up your coat.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто. — Ahha

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию. — BW

  2. You should zip your coat up.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто. — Ahha

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию. — BW

  3. Don't forget to write the zip code.

    Не забудь указати індекс. — deniko

    ruНе забудь написать индекс. — marafon

    deVergiss nicht, die Postleitzahl anzugeben! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. What's your zip code?

    Який твій поштовий індекс? — deniko

  5. This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.

    Ця застібка-блискавка не застібається плавно. — ChickenKiev

    deDieser Reißverschluss hakt. — Yorwba

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
high-pitched sound:
energy, vigor, vim:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
energy, vigor, vim:

Forms

plural: zips
Singularzip
Pluralzips

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
sound:zingwhizz
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedzippy
Derivedzippo

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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