Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
   1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
      bullet.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]

   Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
        cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
      of a sliding tab.

   Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
        [WordNet 1.5]

	

	Zip \Zip\, v. i.
   To make, or move with, a sound like a zip[1].
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

	

	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]
     2: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means
        of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener]
     v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip
          up, zipper] [ant: unzip]
     2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
        speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry]
     [also: zipping, zipped]

	

	154 Moby Thesaurus words for "zip":
   aggressiveness, animal spirits, animation, assibilate,
   assibilation, ball the jack, bang, barrel, bite, boom, bowl along,
   breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush, bustle, buzz,
   capersomeness, clip, coltishness, cut along, dash, drive,
   effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elan, enterprise, esprit,
   exuberance, fire, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly,
   fly low, foot, frication, frictional rustling, friskiness,
   frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, get-up-and-go,
   ginger, go fast, gusto, guts, hasten, heartiness, highball, hiss,
   hissing, hotness, hush, hushing, hustle, initiative, kick, life,
   lisp, liveliness, make knots, nip, nippiness, outstrip the wind,
   pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, playfulness,
   poop, pour it on, punch, push, raciness, relish, rhonchus, rip,
   rollicksomeness, rompishness, rush, scorch, shush, shushing,
   sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing,
   sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skim, skittishness, snap, snappiness,
   sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle,
   speed, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, spit,
   splutter, sportiveness, sprightliness, spunk, sputter, squash,
   squelch, squish, starch, sternutation, stertor, storm along, sweep,
   swish, tang, tear along, thrust, thunder along, verve, vigor, vim,
   vitality, vivacity, waltz, wheeze, whish, whisk, whistle,
   whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zest, zestfulness, zing,
   zoom

	

	ZIP
     Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)

	

	ZIP
     Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)

	

	zip vt. [primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive from a group
   of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
   spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been
   written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and send it to you."
   See tar and feather.

	

	zip
     
        1.  To create a compressed
        archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using
        PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver.  Its use is
        spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of
        the algorithm have been written.
     
        zip is also the name of a Unix archiving utility compatible
        with PKZIP.  unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.
     
        See also gzip, tar and feather.
     
        2.  Zip Drive.
     
        [Jargon File]
     
        (1996-08-26)