zip
- (acronym) . '''Z'''one '''I'''mprovement '''P'''lan ''(see ZIP code)''.
- Noun. A common file format for data compression.
- Noun. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Noun. Energy; vigor; vim.
- Noun. (British) A zip fastener.
- Noun. Zero; nothing.
- Interjection. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Verb. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
- Verb. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
- Verb. (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.
- Verb. (intransitive) (''followed by a preposition'') To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- Verb. (intransitive, colloquial) (''followed by a preposition'') To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- Verb. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly.
- Noun. (US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
- Noun. (US) Any postal code, for any country.
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