zip

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

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