zip
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- Energy; vigor; vim.
- A zip fastener.
- Zero; nothing.
- A trip on a zipline.
- A zip file.
- Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”).
- An ounce of marijuana.
- Ellipsis of zip code.
- A zip code.
- A zip file.
- A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.
Interjection
- Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Verb
- To close with a zip fastener.
- To close as if with a zip fastener.
- To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
- To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
- To make (something) move quickly
- To travel on a zipline.
- To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
Proper noun
- Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan (see ZIP Code).
- A common file format for data compression.
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