GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Zip (zĭp), 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]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Zip, v. i. To make, or move with, a sound like a zip1.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]