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1. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
   - slide fastener, zipper [N. Amer], zip fastener
    
2. No amount at all; something of no value or importance
   - nothing, nil, nix [informal], nada [N. Amer, informal], null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg [N. Amer, informal], naught [N. Amer], zero, zilch [informal], zippo [N. Amer, informal], nought [Brit]
    
3. [informal] Forceful exertion
   "he's full of zip";
   - energy, vigor [US], vigour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Close with a zipper
   "Zip up your jacket--it's cold";
   - zip up, zipper [N. Amer]
    
2. [informal] Move or travel very quickly
   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck pace";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zoom, zoom along, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], belt [informal]
    
3. (computing) compress a file or batch of files into on compressed package

1. Not any thing, nothing at all
   - nowt [UK, dialect], nothing, nought [informal], naught [informal], zilch [informal], zippo [N. Amer, informal], nada [N. Amer, informal], nix [informal]

1. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
   - ZIP code, postcode, postal code

Derived forms: zipped, zips, zipping

Type of: code, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, force, forcefulness, go, holdfast, locomote, move, relative quantity, secure, strength, travel

Part of: address, cardie [Brit, informal], cardigan, cardy [Brit, informal], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], destination, dress, frock, name and address, pair of trousers, pants [N. Amer], skirt, trousers

Encyclopedia: Zip, Zip, Zip