(onomatopoeic) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
`Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.] 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 35:
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
(informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A zip fastener.
Catrin: What sort of doctor wears a suit? My doctor wears a fleece. Can see his nasty little chest hairs poking through the zip… 2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 16:
(slang) Zero; nothing.
I know zip about economics.
A trip on a zipline.
(informal) A zip file.
Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).
(figuratively, transitive) To close as if with a zip fastener.
Zip your lip!
(transitive) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
(transitive) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
(followed by a preposition, intransitive) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
The bullet zipped through the air.
(colloquial, followed by a preposition, intransitive) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
Zip down to the shops for some milk.
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. 2022 October 24, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022:
“I’ll be right there,” said Chase. She zipped into the office to pour a bowl of diet treats for Quincy. 2014, Janet Cantrell, chapter 7, in Fat Cat at Large, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 58:
(transitive) To make (something) move quickly
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. 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2019:
To travel on a zipline.
(UK) To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
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