Definitions for ZIP

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ZIP zip

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IPA: /zɪp/

Zip is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 8 anagrams from letters in ZIP (ipz).

Definitions for ZIP

noun

1. a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
2. Informal. energy; vim; vigor.
3. a zipper.
4. zero or nothing:
5. zip code.

adjective

1. utilizing or having a zipper:
2. Computers. of or relating to a method of file compression:
3. (initial capital letter) Trademark. noting or relating to a floppy disk form of storage for computer data with a capacity of 100–750 MB, used primarily in the 1990s:

verb (used with object)

1. to convey with speed and energy:
2. to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up):
3. to fasten or unfasten with a zipper:
4. to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper:
5. Computers. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.
6. (in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring:

verb (used without object)

1. to move with a zipping sound.
2. Informal. to act or move with speed or energy:
3. to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper:
4. to do up or undo a zipper.

Origin of ZIP

First recorded in 1850-55; of expressive orig.

Examples for ZIP

It fitted loosely, so slipped off easily, and zip peered in.

Federal Election Commission reports for both men are littered with D.C. and New York zip codes.

Then, the big goose egg that the administration is going to get from Iran will more obviously be a zip.

And of her own accord, Tabby never would, had not zip put her up to it.

It zips like all comedies seem to zip today, quick and nimble, its tone affectionate snark.

For the adventurous, the area is surrounded by waterfalls, zip lines, and gorgeous mountainous scenery.

It had been the "zip" that had knocked out the five Leopards.

“Type in your zip code and blood drives close to you will come up,” Dudley said.

But to zip's dismay, the soot would not come off as the mud and dough had.

“Not a duck, zip,” said Sunny, shaking his head sorrowfully.