Definition of "zip"

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.  examples

(informal) Energy; vigor; vim.  examples

(Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A zip fastener.  examples

(slang) Zero; nothing.

A trip on a zipline.  examples

(computing, informal) A zip file.  examples

(programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)  examples

(slang) An ounce of marijuana.

(onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.  quotations  examples

(transitive) To close with a zip fastener.  examples

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

(transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.  examples

(transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.  examples

(intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.  examples

(intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).  quotations  examples

(transitive) To make (something) move quickly  quotations  examples

To travel on a zipline.  examples

Ellipsis of zip code.  examples