Zip

Definition: Zip

Zip

Noun

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".

2. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

Verb

1. Close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold".

2. Move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "zip" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)

Computing

Census

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Zip

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Synonyms: Zip

Zero

Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.

Crosswords: Zip

Czech (zip fastener, zipper), French (zip, zipper), Papiamen (zipper).

Zip it. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

You know that and you can't remember our zip code? (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney)

Zip that gaping hole of a mouth up, Peggy, before I plug it up with my fist. (Desperate Living; writing credit: John Waters)

Zip, zero, stingy with dinero (I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Rizz up like your with us if not zip up (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Zip (1920)

Zip and Zest (1919)

The Dodger Zip (1914)

ZDTV Zip File (1998)

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Books

• Dome Official American Map Zip Code Directory (reference)

• Kid Camping from Aaaaiii! to Zip (reference)

• National Five-Digit Zip Code & Post Office Directory 2002 (reference)

• Rand McNally Zip Code Finder (reference)

• United States Zip Code Atlas (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Rand Mcnally Zip Code Finder (reference)

• State Zip Code Directory (reference)

• United States Zip Code Atlas (reference)

• Zeitschrift Fuer Wirtschaftsrecht Zip - Einbanddecke (reference)

• Zip + 4 Code State Directory - Cd-rom (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Jimmy Zip (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bolan's Zip Gun (reference)

• Bolan's Zip Gun [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Zip Around: Black (reference)

• Zip Around: Blue (reference)

• Iomega 31310 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Drive (reference)

• Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 U250 disks (reference)

• UPGRD ZIP! SNA V4.3 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Fleece Double Zip Snuggledud - Blue (6-9 Months) (reference)

• Rotozip RZ250CP Duracut Zip Bit Contractor (5 Pack) (reference)

• Rotozip ZBSC25CP Sabrecut Zip Bit Contractor (25 Pack) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Zip coon. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

At present, Iomega Korea and Imation Korea, two major U.S. suppliers, are competing in the market for large-capacity FDDs. The main products being marketed in Korea by Iomega Korea include "Zip 250 MB" FDD Zip drive, a large-capacity FDD with 250MB of storage capacity. (references)

An increasing number of local manufacturers of notebook computers, who have incorporated into their products 3.5" FDDs as standard products, are gradually shifting from 3.5" FDDs to ZIP drives, Clik PC card drives, Superdisk drives, CD-RW drives, or even DVD ROM drives as optional items. (references)

Zip drives are about 20 times faster in access time and 70 times larger in storage capacity than FDDs. As 3.5-inch FDDs are expected to disappear from the PC market soon, competition has also become intense in the replacement-products market for 3.5-inch FDDs between suppliers of large-capacity Zip drives (Iomega Korea and Imation Korea) and suppliers of CD-RW drives. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

There are seven private free trade zones (Index, Saratoga, Opinsa, Unisebaco, San Marcos, Zip Arge�al and Senika). (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Beginning with "zip": Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-and-link, zip-code, zip-fastened, zip-fastener, zip-front, zip-fronted, zip-lock, zip-off, zip-out, zip-up.

Ending with "zip": full-zip, half-zip, un-zip, whip-and-zip, z-z-zip.

Albanian

zinxhir (caterpillar, chain, cords, fetters, leash, shackle, slide fastener, zipper), vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest), fërshëllimë (hiss, hissing, phut, sing, whistle, whiz, whizz), energji (dash, drive, dynamism, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pepper, pith, power, push, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing), ‏زمام (rein, ribbon), ‏زاده سرعة, ‏إنفتح بذمام, ‏إنطلق محدث أزيزا, ‏إندفع (bicker, break out, dash, fling, flush, lunge, make, precipitate, regurgitate, rip, rush, scramble, stampede, stream, surge, swarm, tumble, urge), ‏أزيز (drone, fizgig, humming, roar, sizzle, wheeze, whir, whiz, whizz, zoom). (various references)

Basque

kremailera. (various references)

Bulgarian 

отварям с цип, правя по-интересен, правя нещо енергично, пренасям бързо, превозвам бързо, енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap), затварям с цип, движа се енергично (jump, spank), оживявам (enliven, exhilarate, jazz, liven, quicken, relive, smarten up, touch up, vitalize, vivify, warm, warm up), ускорявам (accelerate, activate, advance, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, hurry up, hustle, precipitate, quicken, smarten up, speed up, trigger, urge), темперамент (habit, humor, humour, mettle, temperament), цип (fastener, slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap), свистене (hiss, hissing, phut, ping, scream, swish, whiz), свистя (hiss, ping, pipe, scream, sing, swish, whiffle, whistle, whiz, whoosh), усилвам (amplify, augment, exacerbate, exalt, exasperate, fortify, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, nurse, piece in, potentiate, sharpen, stiffen, strengthen, swell, tone up), нулев резултат (duck's egg, scratch). (various references)

Chinese 

邮编 (postcode). (various references)

Czech

zavřít na zip (zip up), svištìt (buzz, speed, swish, whiz), hvízdnutí (whistle). (various references)

Danish

postnummer (postal code, ZIP code). (various references)

Dutch

postcode (postal code, ZIP code). (various references)

Farsi 

فشار (Brunt, Constraint, Hustle, Impact, Oppression, Press, Pressure, Squeeze, Strain, Stress, Tension, Thrust), نیرو (Blood, Brawn, Breath, Energy, Force, Gut, Leverage, Might, Pep, Power, Strength, Thrust, Tuck, Vigor, Vim, Vis), زیپ لباس راکشیدن , زیپ دارکردن , زیپ , زور (Dint, Energy, Hustle, Might, Power, Push, Strain, Strength, Stunt, Thrust, Tuck, Vigor, Vim, Violence, Vis, Vivacity, Zing), انرژی (Energy, Might, Vigor, Vim, Zing), باسرعت وانرژی حرکت کردن . (various references)

Finnish

vetoketju (fastener, zipper). (various references)

French

zip (zipper), vrombissement, sortir comme une flèche, sifflement, filer, fermeture � glissière (zip fastener, zipper), entrain, élan. (various references)

German

zischen (barrack, bomb, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frizzle, hiss, howl, roar, sibilance, sizzle, splutter, sputter, swish, to fizzle, to frizzle, to hiss, to sizzle, whiz, whizz, zing), wetzen (grind, scoot, sharpen, whet), Surren (buzz, hiss, hum, humming, purr, to buzz, to whir, whir, zoom), schwung (accent, batch, bounce, brandished, bunch, buoyancy, crop, dash, emphasis, energy, flourish, ginger, go, gusto, impetus, leap, momentum, motion, oomph, panache, pep, pile, raciness, snap, spirit, sweep, swing, verve, vivacity, zap, zest), reißverschluss zumachen, reißverschluss (zip fastener, zipper), pfeifen (barrack, blow, fifes, hoot, howl, peep, pipe, swish, swoosh, to blow a whistle, to pipe, to whistle, whine, whistle, whistles, zing), flitzen (dash, flit, hare, scamper, scud, shift, speed, streak, to flit, whiz, whizz). (various references)

Greek 

σύριγμα (sizzle, sough, whiz), συρίζω (fizzle, hoot, pipe, siss), σφύριγμα σφαίρασ, σφυρίζω (blow, fizz, hiss, whistle, whiz), ενεργητικότησ (pep), ενεργητικότητα (energy, spirit, vigor, vigour). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחלוף בשריק�" (swish, whizz), ל�"יות שופע מרץ, ל�"שרות מרץ, לרכוס (buckle, button, fasten, zip up), לרכסן, ל� וע בזריזות (career), שריקת כ�"ור, חיות (life, sap, spirit, verve, vitality, vivacity), רוכסן (fastener, zip fastener, zipper). (various references)

Hungarian

fütyülés (hiss, ping, singing, whistle, whistling, whiz, whizz). (various references)

Icelandic

póstnúmer (postal code, ZIP code). (various references)

Indonesian

berdesir (swish), berdesing. (various references)

Italian

trasportare velocemente, sibilo (fizz, hiss, ping, whistle, whiz, zing), sibilare (blow, fizzle, hiss, whistle, whiz, whizz), sfrecciare (flash, hurtle, past, shoot, speed), fischio (boo, buzzing, catcall, hiss, hoot, singing, whistle, whistled, whiz, whizz), fischiare (barrack, boo, buzz, hiss, hoot, pipe, sing, whistle, whiz, whizz), codice di avviamento postale (postal, postal code, ZIP code), chiusura (clam, clamp, closing, closure, end, fastening, lock, shutdown, shutting), chiudere la cerniera, cerniera lampo (zipper), CAP (postal, postal code, ZIP code), aprire la cerniera. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ジカルボン酸 (dicarboxylic acid, dicyanogen, diphenyl, diphtheria, distemper, distoma, dysprosium, dystrophy, feminine form of gigolo, gigolette, gigolo, gigue, Givenchy, Gypsy, gypsy look, Holy War, Japanese Industrial Standard, Jekyll and Hyde, jib, jig, jigsaw puzzle, JIS, JIS mark, jitter, jitterbug, syphilis, zig-zag, zigzag demonstration, ZIP code, Zipangu, Zipper, Zippo). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ジップコード (ZIP code). (various references)

Manx

fed (blast on whistle, swish, toot), bee bio. (various references)

Norwegian

postnummer (postal code, ZIP code). (various references)

Occitan

cremalhièra. (various references)

Pig Latin

ipzay

Portuguese

zunido (cipher, cypher, hum, pressmark, ringing, tingle, whistle), silvo (cantation, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hoot, ping, piping, whistle), sibilar de bala, energia (action, activity, drive, driving, efficiency, force, ginger, go, grasp, gumption, handgrip, heartiness, intensity, iron, ironwork, kick, liveliness, lustiness, main, mettle, momentum, nerve, output, pep, pith, potency, power, push, snap, spring, spunk, stamina, steam, stoutness, strength, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality). (various references)

Romanian

energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue), deschide fermoarul de la, şuierat (hiss, ping, whistle, whistling, whizz), şuiera (hiss, ping, rave, sing, whistle, whizz). (various references)

Russian 

свист пули, резкий звук (jangle, scream, skirl), треск разрываемой ткани, темперамент (kidney, mettle, temperament). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatvoriti rajsfešlusom (zip up), rajsfešlus (zip fastener, zipper), polet (panache, pep, upswing, verve, zest), otvoriti rajsfešlusom, fijukati (ping, whistle), fijuk (whew, whistling, whiz, whizz), energija (drive, energy, pep, power, vigor, vigour, vim). (various references)

Spanish

silbido (blowing, catcall, hiss, hissing, ping, sing, singing, swish, swoosh, whine, whistle, whistling, whiz, whizz, zing). (various references)

Swedish

vinande (ping, whine, whistle, zing), vina (hiss, scream, sing, swish, wail, whine, whistle, whiz, zing), stänga blixtlåset, skynda (hasten, hotfoot, hurry, scud, scurry, scuttle), ha blixtlås, fart (clip, energy, force, ginger, go, going, impetus, jazz, lick, pace, pep, push, snap, speed, start, swing, trade, velocity, verve, zing), energi (activity, drive, energy, guts, juice, Moxie, pith, sap, spunk, vigor, vigour, vim), dra igen blixtlåset på (zip up), blixtlås (zip fastener, zipper). (various references)

Thai

ซิป (zipper). (various references)

Turkish

vızıltı (buzz, drone, hum, ping, sibilance, whiz, whizz, zing), vızıldayarak geçmek, vınlamak (hum, sing, swish, whistle, whiz, whizz, whoosh, zing, zoom), vınlama (hum, whistle, whistling, whiz, whizz, zing), süslemek (adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedight, caparison, crown, damask, deck out, decorate, dike, dizen, doll out, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enamel, enrich, fancy up, fig out, figure, flourish, garnish, gild, gird, grace, interlard, lace, lard, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, scrimshaw, set, smarten, tart up, tire, titivate, trick out, trick up, trig out, trig up, trim, zing up, zip up), gayretli olmak, gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal), fermuarını kapatmak, çaba (diligence, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, industry, nerve, push, strenuousness, struggle, try, working). (various references)

Ukrainian

свист (catcall, hissing, phut, ping, swish, whew, whiff, whistle, whistling, whiz, whizz, whoosh, zing), тріск (clabber, crack, crackle, crash, crunch, knack, phut, pop, rattle), темперамент (kidney, temperament, temperature), мчати як куля, застібка-блискавка (slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper), застібати на блискавку, пролетіти зі свистом, діяти швидко. (various references)

Vietnamese 

nghị lực (dash, energy, pith, spirit). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "zip": zipless, zipped, zipper, zippered, zippering, zippers, zippier, zippiest, zipping, zippy, zips. (additional references)

Words ending with "zip": unzip. (additional references)

Words containing "zip": marzipan, marzipans, unzipped, unzipping, unzips. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Zip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azap, bzip, gzip, iz, izy, jzip, oip, Ozep, qip, qzip, rzip, zaa, zadp, zah, zai, zapa, zaph, zapo, zapp, zapt, zaq, zau, zav, zaz, ze, zeap, zeep, zeh, zeip, zej, zek, zepe, zepo, zepp, zeq, zev, Zhi, zi, zia, zib, Ziba, zic, zid, zie, zih, zii, zij, zik, zil, zimp, zio, zipa, zipe, Zipf, zipi, zipo, zipp, zipt, zipy, ziq, zir, zis, ziu, ziv, ziw, zix, ziy, znip, zoip, zop, zup, zurp, zy, zyd, zye, zyo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pi.

+1 letter: phiz, zips.

+2 letters: pizza, prize, spitz, unzip, zippy.

+3 letters: epizoa, phizes, piazza, piazze, pizazz, pizzas, pizzle, prized, prizer, prizes, spritz, unzips, zipped, zipper.

+4 letters: apprize, baptize, capsize, emprize, epizoic, epizoon, palazzi, pectize, peptize, piazzas, pizazzy, pizzazz, pizzles, poetize, prizers, prizing, putzing, rhizopi, spitzes, zappier, zapping, zaptiah, zaptieh, zipless, zippers, zippier, zipping.

+5 letters: aphorize, apprized, apprizer, apprizes, baptized, baptizer, baptizes, caponize, capsized, capsizes, comprize, deputize, diazepam, disprize, emprizes, epizoism, epizoite, epizooty, hepatize, japanize, marzipan, misprize, opsonize, optimize, paganize, partizan, patinize, pectized, pectizes, penalize, peptized, peptizer, peptizes, phenazin, pintsize, pirozhki, pirozhok, pizazzes, pizzazzy, pizzeria, plotzing, podzolic, poetized, poetizer, poetizes, polarize, polemize, polyzoic, puzzling, pyrolize, rhizopod, rhizopus, spritzed, spritzer, spritzes, surprize, topazine, trapezia, trapezii, unprized, unzipped, upgazing, vaporize, zappiest, zaptiahs, zaptiehs, zeppelin, zippered, zippiest, zoophile, zoophily.