zip
/zɪp/ verb C2- To close with a zip fastener.
- To close as if with a zip fastener. · Zip your lip!
- To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound. · The bullet zipped through the air.
- To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place). · Zip down to the shops for some milk.
- To make (something) move quickly
- To travel on a zipline.
He/she/it zips · Past zipped · Past participle zipped · -ing form zipping
Verb forms
- Base form
- zip
- He/she/it
- zips
- Past
- zipped
- Past participle
- zipped
- -ing form
- zipping
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