Definizione monolingua

zip

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

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

   zip ones lip

3. (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.
4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
   • 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:

     Tottenham also initially struggled to create genuine goal-scoring opportunities, with Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart zipping passes around to little effect.

zip (plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. Energy; vigor; vim
3. (UK) A zip fastener.
4. Zero; nothing

Definizione dizionario zip

cerniera lampo

chiusura

chiusura lampo

energia

fischiare

fischio

niente

nulla

sibilo

zip

Altri significati:

zip fastener

Energy; vigor; vim

high-pitched sound

energy, vigor, vim

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

any postal code

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

(US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.

(US) Any postal code, for any country.

to convert a computer file into a smaller package

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

US postal code

(UK) A zip fastener.

(transitive) To close with a zip fastener.

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

Zero; nothing

(transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.