zipping

Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

zip

(zĭp)

1. A brief sharp hissing sound.

2. Energy; vim: I just don't have any zip today.

3. A zipper.

4. Slang Nothing; nil; zero: He knows zip about the restaurant business.

v. zipped, zip·ping, zips

v.intr.

a. To move with a sharp hissing sound.

b. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.

2. To act or proceed swiftly and energetically: zipped through her homework.

3. To become fastened or unfastened by a zipper: The dress zips up the back.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move with speed and force: zipped the ball to a teammate.

2. To fasten or unfasten with a zipper: zipped up his jacket.

[Imitative.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

-----------------------

Select a language:

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

But at the first heave we heard a bullet zip- zipping past us on the water, followed by the faint report of a rifle.

View in context

Oh and probably up Wyddfa after doing some zipping too, because it would be rude not to!

ON THE GRAPEVINE: We asked at Zipworld Titan: Where's the first place you'd take a visitor to North Wales if they were only here for a day?

With over 8,500 feet of zipping along the shores of Lake Lanier, this is absolutely the most scenic zip line tour in North Georgia.

We also offer full moon zipping which is zipping by the light of the moon on the Pine Isle Tour," adds the spokesperson.

The New & Exciting Pine Isle Tour is Now Open at Lakelaniercanopytours.Com

All this is done on the fly, which means the zipping (compressing) and unzipping (uncompressing) are done automatically and behind the scenes.

Running out of storage space

Today, zipping (fast forwarding), zapping (channel switching), and muting of commercials cause additional partial exposure.