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Definition of zip noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

zip

noun
 
/zɪp/
 
/zɪp/
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  1. (also zip fastener)
     (both British English)
    (also zipper especially in North American English)
    [countable] a thing that you use to fasten clothes, bags, etc. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth that you can pull together to close something or pull apart to open it.
    • to do up/undo/open/close a zip
    • My zip's stuck.
    Extra Examples
    • The jacket was fastened by a zip at the front.
    • The zip on my bag has stuck.
    • a bag with a zip
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + zip/​zipper
    • pull
    • close
    • do up
    • …
    zip/​zipper + verb
    • be stuck
    • get stuck
    • stick
    • …
    zip/​zipper + noun
    • closure
    • fastener
    preposition
    • with a zip
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  2. [uncountable] (informal) energy or speed
  3. (also zippo)
     [singular] (especially North American English, informal) nothing
    • We won four zip (= 4–0).
    • He said zip all evening.
    4. Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.
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