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zip up — verb close with a zipper Zip up your jacket it s cold • Syn: ↑zipper, ↑zip • Ant: ↑unzip • Derivationally related forms: ↑zip (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
zip */ — I UK [zɪp] / US noun Word forms zip : singular zip plural zips 1) [countable] British a long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth, used for closing or opening something, especially a piece of clothing. The usual American word is… … English dictionary
zip — [[t]zɪ̱p[/t]] zips, zipping, zipped 1) N COUNT A zip or zip fastener is a device used to open and close parts of clothes and bags. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth which separate or fasten together as you pull a small tag along… … English dictionary
zip through — ˌzip ˈthrough [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they zip through he/she/it zips through present participle zipping through past tense … Useful english dictionary
Zip fuel — Zip fuel, also known as high energy fuel (HEF), is any member of a family of jet fuels containing additives in the form of hydro boron compounds, or boranes . Zip fuels offered higher power than conventional fuels, helping extend the range of jet … Wikipedia
zip your lip — If someone tells you to zip your lip, they want to to shut up or keep quiet about something. ( Zip it is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
zip — zip1 [zıp] n ↑zip [Sense: 1,2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From the sound of something moving very quickly.] [Sense: 3; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: zip code] 1.) BrE two lines of small metal or plastic pieces that slide together to fasten a piece of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
zip — 1 noun 1 (C) BrE two lines of small metal or plastic pieces that slide together to fasten a piece of clothing; zipper especially AmE: The zip on my skirt had broken. | do up/undo your zip (=close or open a piece of clothing using a zip): Your zip … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
zip — zip1 [ zıp ] noun 1. ) uncount INFORMAL energy, speed, or enthusiasm 2. ) uncount INFORMAL nothing: They re losing, twenty to zip. 3. ) count AMERICAN a ZIP CODE 4. ) count BRITISH a ZIPPER zip zip 2 [ zıp ] verb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ZIP code — Mr. ZIP promoted the use of ZIP codes for the USPS during the 1960s and 1970s. ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan,[1] is properly… … Wikipedia
