Definition of "zip" in Anglais

noun

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.

3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.

4. (slang) Zero; nothing.

   • I know zip about economics.

5. A trip on a zipline.

6. (computing, informal) A zip file.

7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”).

8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

interjection

1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

verb

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   • Zip your lip!

3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.

4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.

5. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

   • The bullet zipped through the air.

6. (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

   • Zip down to the shops for some milk.

7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly

8. To travel on a zipline.

9. (UK politics) To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.

noun

1. Ellipsis of zip code.