VERB | contact | zip, zip up, zipper | close with a zipper |
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motion | zip, travel rapidly, speed, hurry | move very fast | |
NOUN | quantity | zip, nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zippo | a quantity of no importance |
communication | ZIP, ZIP code, postcode, postal code | a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail / mail | |
attribute | zip, energy, vigor, vigour | forceful exertion | |
artifact | zip, slide fastener, zipper, zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
Sounds | zih'p | |
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Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... yip: 103 rhymes with ihp... |
Meaning | A quantity of no importance. | |
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Synonyms | nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zippo | |
Narrower | bugger all, fuck all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams | Little or nothing at all |
nihil | (Latin) nil | |
Broader | relative quantity | A quantity relative to some purpose |
Spanish | cero, nada, nix, nulo, zip | |
Catalan | nix, res, zero, zip |
Meaning | A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail / mail. | |
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Synonyms | ZIP code, postcode, postal code | |
Part of | address, destination, name and address | written directions for finding some location |
Broader | code | A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
Spanish | código postal, CP | |
Catalan | codi postal |
Meaning | forceful exertion. | |
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Example | "he's full of zip" | |
Synonyms | energy, vigor, vigour | |
Narrower | athleticism, strenuosity | Intense energy |
Broader | force, forcefulness, strength | Physical energy or intensity |
Spanish | energía, fuerza, vigor | |
Catalan | energia, vigor | |
Adjectives | zippy | quick and energetic |
Meaning | A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab. | |
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Synonyms | slide fastener, zipper, zip fastener | |
Part of | cardigan | knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper |
dress, frock | A one-piece garment for a woman | |
skirt | A garment hanging from the waist | |
trousers, pair of trousers, pant | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | |
Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
Spanish | bragueta, cierre, cremallera, zíper | |
Catalan | cremallera | |
Verbs | zip | close with a zipper |
Meaning | Close with a zipper. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" | |
Synonyms | zip up, zipper | |
Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
Opposite | unzip | open the zipper of |
Nouns | zip, zipper | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
Meaning | Move very fast. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" | |
Synonyms | travel rapidly, speed, hurry | |
Narrower | flit, flutter, fleet, dart | Move along rapidly and lightly |
run | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time | |
zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along | Move along very quickly | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Spanish | acelerar, apresurarse, apresurar, darse prisa | |
Catalan | accelerar, afanyar-se, apressar, cuitar, donar-se pressa |
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