zip
Noun
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A quantity of no importance (synset 113762308)
"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"is a type of: relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purposesubtypes:
- nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
- bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, sweet fanny adams - little or nothing at all
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A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail (synset 106367112)
is a type of: code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecyis a part of: address, destination, name and address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
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Forceful exertion (synset 105043116)
"he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"subtypes: athleticism, strenuosity - intense energy
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A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab (synset 104245427)
is a type of: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in placeis a part of:
- cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper
- dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- pair of trousers, pant, trousers - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
Verb
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Close with a zipper (synset 201356373)
"Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
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Move very fast (synset 202059573)
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- dart, fleet, flit, flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- whizz, whizz along, zoom, zoom along - move along very quickly
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