zip

noun

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

   “I know zip about economics.”

5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (informal)A zip file.
7. Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).
8. Synonym of zip zap zop
9. (slang)An ounce of marijuana.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of zip code.
11. (US)A zip code.

    “For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara), at $4.85 million.”

12. (countable, informal, uncountable)A zip file.
13. (US, derogatory, slang, sometimes)A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.

    “The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.”

intj

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

   “`Zip!' Just like that, an exquisitely shaped fragment of a flashing rainbow in flight flits across in front of us[.]”

verb

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

   “Zip your lip!”

3. (transitive)To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
4. (transitive)To subject to the convolution mapping function.
5. (intransitive)To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

   “The bullet zipped through the air.”

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

   “Zip down to the shops for some milk.”

   “Despite writing that can be confusing — we are not told, for example, how Oishi’s group of 56 ronin ended up just 47, or maybe a supertitle zipped by too quickly — the story moves at a steady clip. And Dachs’s decision to have women play some of the male roles, most prominently Kira, is very effective.”

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

   “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.”

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

name

1. (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan (see ZIP Code).
2. (uncountable)A common file format for data compression.