Definition

1. Noun:

   • A fastener: A device consisting of two flexible strips with interlocking teeth, closed or opened by a sliding tab.
   • Energy, vigor: Liveliness, enthusiasm, or energetic force.
   • Zero, nothing: (Informal) Used to represent nothing or a very small amount.

2. Verb:

   • To move very fast: To move or travel rapidly, often with a light, buzzing, or hissing sound.
   • To fasten or close with a zipper: To secure something using a zip fastener.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Fastener):

  • The zip on my bag is broken.
  • She pulled the zip up to close her coat.

• Noun (Energy):

  • After his coffee, he was full of zip.
  • The team played with real zip in the second half.

• Noun (Nothing):

  • I know zip about quantum physics.
  • His chances of winning are zip.

• Verb (Move fast):

  • The car zipped past us on the highway.
  • An idea zipped through his mind.

• Verb (Fasten):

  • He zipped his jacket against the cold wind.
  • Can you help me zip up this dress?

Advanced Usage

• "Zip it": (Informal idiom) A command to tell someone to stop talking.

  • Just zip it and listen for a minute.

• "Zip your lip": (Informal idiom) Similar to "zip it," meaning to be quiet.

  • You'd better zip your lip about the surprise party.

Variants and Related Words

• Zipper (n): The full term for a zip fastener, more common in American English.

  • The zipper on these jeans is very sturdy.

• Zippy (adj): Lively, fast, or energetic.

  • It's a small, zippy car, perfect for the city.

• Zip code (n): (Compound word) A system of postal codes used in the United States.

  • Please include your zip code with your address.

Synonyms

• Noun (Fastener): Zipper, fastener.
• Noun (Energy): Vigor, energy, pep, liveliness.
• Noun (Nothing): Zero, nil, nada, zilch, nothing.
• Verb (Move fast): Zoom, whiz, dash, speed, rush.
• Verb (Fasten): Close, fasten, secure.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Zip up: To fasten something using a zip.

  • It's cold outside, so zip up your coat.

• Zip through (something): To do something very quickly and easily.

  • She zipped through her homework in an hour.

Related Idioms

• Zip/Zero/Nada: Used together for emphasis to mean absolutely nothing.

  • I got zip, zero, nada from them in return.

• Not a zip: Not even the smallest amount.

  • He said not a zip about his plans to move.

Noun

1. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
2. forceful exertion
   • he plays tennis with great energy
   • he's full of zip
3. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
4. a quantity of no importance
   • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
   • reduced to nil all the work we had done
   • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
   • it was all for naught
   • I didn't hear zilch about it

Verb

1. move very fast
   • The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed
2. close with a zipper
   • Zip up your jacket--it's cold