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zipway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈzɪp.weɪ/

Etymology

From zip + way.

Meanings

1. A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
   • I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis. 2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel:
   • He could only stay there, suspended halfway between the top of the wall and the zipway, and wish would all come out all right. He'd taken a gamble, and sometimes you lost gambles. He felt more than saw the flyers stop, and he dropped down the remaining meter and a half to the surface of the zipway. 2012, Connie Willis, Larry Correia, Mercedes Lackey, A Cosmic Christmas:
   • One brilliant thing about Wreckers is that you don't spend most of your time trudging around corridors. The Beacon's equipped with vertical and horizontal zipways, which are like elevators only a bit quicker and speed you between locations in a 'zip!' 1991, "Wreckers" (video game review) in Crash (issue 88, page 42)

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