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Meaning of zip

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  zip
      n 1: 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" [syn: {nothing},
           {nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {null}, {aught}, {cipher}, {cypher},
           {goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}, {zippo}]
      2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid
         in the sorting of mail [syn: {ZIP code}, {ZIP}, {postcode},
         {postal code}]
      3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's
         full of zip" [syn: {energy}, {vigor}, {vigour}, {zip}]
      4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of
         a sliding tab [syn: {slide fastener}, {zip}, {zipper}, {zip
         fastener}]
      v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn:
           {zip up}, {zipper}, {zip}] [ant: {unzip}]
      2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
         speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {speed}, {hurry}, {zip}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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