From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zip
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid
in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code, ZIP, postcode,
postal code]
3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's
full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip]
4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of
a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper, {zip
fastener}]
v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn:
zip up, zipper, zip] [ant: unzip]
2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\ (z[i^]p), n. [Imitative.]
1. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying
bullet.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a quantity of no importance. [informal]
Syn: nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher,
cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a device for locking together two toothed edges by means
of a sliding tab.
Syn: slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Zip \Zip\, v. i.
To make, or move with, a sound like a zip[1].
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
zip
zip file
zipped
zipped file
1. <tool, compression, file format> To create a compressed
archive (a "zip file") from one or more files using
PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
spreading from MS-DOS now that portable implementations of
the algorithm have been written.
zip is also the name of a Unix archiving utility compatible
with PKZIP. unzip is the corresponding de-archiver.
See also gzip, tar and feather.
(1996-08-26)
2. <storage> Zip Drive.
[Jargon File]
3. <functional programming> zip function.
From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
zip
vt.
[primarily MS-DOS/Windows] To create a compressed archive from a group
of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver. Its use is
spreading now that portable implementations of the algorithm have been
written. Commonly used as follows: "I'll zip it up and send it to
you." See tar and feather.