zip
verb/zɪp/
/zɪp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they zip | /zɪp/ /zɪp/ |
| he / she / it zips | /zɪps/ /zɪps/ |
| past simple zipped | /zɪpt/ /zɪpt/ |
| past participle zipped | /zɪpt/ /zɪpt/ |
| -ing form zipping | /ˈzɪpɪŋ/ /ˈzɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to fasten clothes, bags, etc. with a zip
- zip something I zipped and buttoned my jacket.
- zip somebody/yourself into something The children were safely zipped into their sleeping bags.
- She zipped herself into a black evening gown.
- zip something + adj. He zipped his case shut.
- [intransitive] zip (up/together) to be fastened with a zip
- The sleeping bags can zip together.
- [intransitive, transitive] zip (something) + adv./prep. (informal) to move very quickly or to make something move very quickly in the direction mentioned
- A sports car zipped past us.
- [transitive] zip something (computing) to compress a file (= make it smaller) opposite unzip
Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.
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