1 (also zip fastener) (both BrE) (also zipper AmE, BrE) [C] a thing that you use to fasten clothes, bags, etc. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth that you can pull together to close sth or pull apart to open it:
to do up / undo / open / close a zip * My zip's stuck.
2 [U] (informal) energy or speed
3 [sing.] (informal, especially AmE) nothing:
We won four zip (= 40). * He said zip all evening.
verb (-pp-)
1 to fasten clothes, bags, etc. with a zip/zipper:
[VN] I zipped and buttoned my jacket. * The children were safely zipped into their sleeping bags. * She zipped herself into a black evening gown. * [VN-ADJ] He zipped his case shut.
compareUNZIP
2 [V] to be fastened with a zip/zipper:
The sleeping bags can zip together.
3 [+adv./prep.] (informal) to move very quickly or to make sth move very quickly in the direction mentioned:
[V] I'm just zipping into town to buy some food. * A sports car zipped past us. [also VN]
PHRASALVERBS
zip up
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is zip a noun, verb, or something else?
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